SHIMLA-24^th October, 2025

CM dedicates projects worth Rs. 41.52 crore in Barsar AC

Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh today inaugurated and laid foundation stones of development projects worth Rs. 41.52 crore in Barsar assembly constituency of Hamirpur district during his one day tour.

The Chief Minister dedicated Rs.1.34 crore Bumbloo helipad, Rs. 17.45 crore Mini Secretariat Barsar and Rs.1.11 crore Health Sub Centre building Bani to the people. He also laid the foundation stone of Dhaneta-Barsar road to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 18.72 crore and Rs. 2.88 crore Check Dam on Mann khad in tehsil Barsar.

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CM announces up-gradation of Barsar hospital to 100 bed

• Dedicates Rs. 17.45 crore Mini Secretariat at Barsar, says Rs. 96 crore being spent on roads
• Rs. 300 crore being spent on Cancer Institute in Hamirpur medical college
• Rs. 65 crore scheme for beautification of Baba Balak Nath Temple

While addressing a mammoth public gathering at Barsar assembly constituency in Hamirpur district today, Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced GSSS Barsar as CBSE schools from next academic session. He said that so far 20 government schools have received recognition from the CBSE board.

He announced up-gradation of Barsar hospital to 100 bed and said that Rs. 300 crore was being spent on the Cancer Institute in Hamirpur medical college. He announced to open indoor stadium and parking facility at Barsar. He also announced to start MA and M.Com classes in local government college and to install solar and high mast lights in various gram panchayats and main market of the area.

The Chief Minster said that Rs. 100 crore would be spent for creating seven special departments in Medical College and Hospital Hamirpur. He said that all the roads in the district were being double-laned and a provision of Rs. 37 crore has been made for Saloni-Deotsidh road. The Chief Minister stated that a sum of Rs. 96 crore was being spent on strengthening the roads in Barsar Vidhan Sabha area. Rs. 65 crore scheme has been approved for beautification of Baba Balak Nath shrine and its surroundings.

He said that the BJP government hardly gave any funds for the mini secretariat building Barsar. Our government gave Rs. 16.50 crore for completion of the mini secretariat, which was completed with an outlay of Rs 17.45 crore. Our Government also gave funds for the furniture and library.

Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, the Chief Minister said that during their regime, the BJP constructed buildings worth Rs. 1000 crore in the name of development which were lying vacant besides they announced opening of 600 schools just before the general elections without making any provisions for teaching faculty. The standard of education deteriorated during their regime and the State's ranking came down to 21 position.

"It was quite a herculean task for the Government as how to bring about the reforms in education sector and to make it better, besides balancing the student-teachers ratio so that every school has adequate teaching staff to teach children. The results started pouring in and with the strenuous efforts the government, the State achieved 5^th ranking in Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) in the field of Education", he stated.

The BJP never thought for generating resources and spend the funds on the welfare of the people, he said. It could we well analyzed from the fact, that during their regime it was a practice that the license of the liquor vends were always renewed to benefit the favourites on 10 percent premium every year. As soon as my Government took over, we took a decision to auction liquor vends and generated an income of Rs 450 crore then, which the BJP could not do during its five years of its regime. Apart from this, we saved Rs. 3000 crore by closing doors of corruption and introduced schemes for widows and Children from the funds thus saved.

"I don’t differentiate people or regions on basis of political affiliations but I want to ensure development of all regions at par", stated the Chief Minister. The announcement of Rs. 1500 crore relief package by Prime Minister for disaster affected has not been received so far. The Chief Minister urged all the seven Member of Parliament MP's from the State to help getting the funds so announced by the Prime Minister, for disaster affected people.

He said that the State Government was making a determined push to revive the ailing healthcare system by launching a focused initiative under ‘Vyavastha Parivartan’, a systemic transformation of public health institutions aimed at delivering much-needed relief and improved services to the people. The Government has decided to invest over Rs. 3000 crore to enhance modern health services and develop and expand health infrastructure, stated Sh. Sukhu and has opened 69 Model Health Institutions across the State. Advanced equipment is being procured for these institutions as well as for all other health facilities in the State. The Government have replaced almost over 19 to 20 years old machines in IGMC Shimla and similarly the other medical institutions will soon have modern health equipment to facilitate the people. My Government will soon appoint six specialists doctors in all the remaining 'Adarsh Swasthya Sansthans' in every constituency soon, said the Chief Minister.

The State government have enhanced the disaster relief fund for construction of houses destroyed completely and partially besides the compensation for damaged cow sheds. We will soon announce a special package for disaster affected and adequate provision of would be made for disaster affected families, he said.

My governments budget was aimed at taking forward and strengthen the rural economy, said Sh. Suku, adding that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of maize grown through natural farming has been increased from Rs. 30 to Rs. 40 per kg and the MSP of wheat from Rs. 40 per kg to Rs. 60 per kg. The government has also fixed the MSP for turmeric grown through natural farming at Rs. 90 per kg. With the aim of benefiting the cattle rearers, the government has increased the MSP of cow milk from Rs. 45 to Rs. 51 per liter and the MSP of buffalo milk from Rs. 55 to Rs. 61 per liter, he reiterated.

The Government adopted orphan children as 'Children of the state' and also made a law in this regard. The government will take care of orphans till they achieve 27 years of age, he said. The Chief Minister said that the Government has launched 'Sukh Shiksha Yojna' for free education and health facilities to as many as 23000 children of widows, divorced and disabled.

Earlier, he was given a rousing reception on reaching Barsar. Thousands had gathered to welcome the Chief Minster en-route Barsar.

SDM Barsar Rajender Gautam and his office staff handed over a cheque of Rs. 51 thousand to the Chief Minister towards CM Relief Fund. Besides, the office bearers of HP Dharamsthal Karamchari Sangh Deot-Sidh donated Rs. 1.04 lakh, Staff and students of GSSS Bhota donated Rs. 61 thousand, Berozgaar Sangh donated 51 thousand, Himachal Kalyan Sanstha contributed one lakh and Students of Degree College Una donated cheque of Rs. 2.21 lakh towards CM Relief Fund.

He said that MLA Bhoranj, Suresh Kumar, senior congress leader Subhash Dhatwalia, former MLA, Manjeet Dogra also spoke on the occasion.

MLA's Capt Ranjit Singh, Vivek Sharma, Chairman Kangra Central cooperative Bank, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Chairman Kangra Co-operative Primary Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Ram Chander Pathania, Chairman APMC Ajay Sharma, Convener Kaushal Vikas Nigam Atul Karohta, Advisor State Nasha Nivaran Board Naresh Thakur, Vice Chairman OBC Finance and Development Corporation Dr. Mohan Lal and others senior congress leaders were present on the occasion.

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It is not my intent to stall Barsar’s development, let's forget political rigidity and focus on development: CM

Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, during his one-day tour of the Barsar Assembly Constituency, hit multiple targets with a single stroke. Without taking the BJP MLA’s name, he launched a sharp barb and criticised all the seven MPs of BJP failing to get disaster relief funds.

Addressing a public gathering at the Mini Secretariat in Barsar, the Chief Minister launching a scathing attack of BJP said that in the 2024 Assembly by-election, when attempts were made to topple our government, two MLAs from Hamirpur district switched their loyalty towards BJP. "I could never have imagined that the MLA from Barsar would be amongst them.”

The Chief Minister said the people of Barsar committed a grave mistake in the last by-poll. “One has to pay dearly for mistakes made in a fit of emotion. The people of Sujanpur also made such a mistake in 2017 by defeating BJP’s declared Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and the people of Barsar repeated the same in 2024,”he remarked

Not even a single Minister was made wherein it was projected that the next Chief Minister would be of BJP from Hamirpur once the government is formed in 2017. From very that day, the development in Hamirpur came to a halt, he said.

Our government has restarted development in Hamirpur for its people, said the Chief Minster adding that Barsar was his home and stalling its development was not his intention. The development of Barsar is the contribution of Congress. Projects worth crores were underway. "I urge the people of Barsar to abandon political rigidity and walk with the congress government which focuses on development rather than doing petty politics.

Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu further said that Himachal has seven MPs from BJP and one of them has been ‘stolen’ from Congress. I request them to bring the Rs. 1,500 crore disaster relief package announced by the Prime Minister in Kangra. Our government is ready to accompany the BJP MPs to the Prime Minister for bringing this relief amount, said Sh. Sukhu.

The Chief Minister also targeted the former BJP government over the allotment of industrial plots, stating that under the guise of ‘customised packages’, the State’s resources were squandered. He also made a significant announcement concerning reduced employment opportunities in the Army due to the introduction of the Agniveer scheme, and added that 800 posts would be filled in the Police Department soon. “During the previous government, the police recruitment examination paper was leaked out, but our government conducted recruitment with complete transparency, he reiterated.”

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बड़सर का विकास हमारी प्राथमिकता, राजनीतिक मतभेदों को भूलाकर क्षेत्रीय विकास एकमात्र लक्ष्य: मुख्यमंत्री

मुख्यमंत्री ठाकुर सुखविंद्र सिंह सुक्खू ने बड़सर विधानसभा क्षेत्र के एक दिवसीय दौरे के दौरान एक तीर से कई निशाने साधे। मुख्यमंत्री ने बड़सर के मिनी सचिवालय में जनसभा को संबोधित करते हुए कहा कि केंद्र की ओर से हिमाचल को आपदा राहत एवं पुनर्वास के लिए किसी प्रकार की आर्थिक सहायता नहीं मिली है। उन्होंने कहा कि प्रदेश भाजपा और सातों सांसद केंद्रीय सहायता को रोकते हुए हिमाचल के हितों के विपरीत कार्य कर रहे हैं।
मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि वर्ष 2024 में हमारी सरकार को गिराने के प्रयास हुए तथा हमीरपुर से दो विधायकों ने कांग्रेस को छोड़कर भाजपा का दामन थाम लिया। उन्होंने कहा कि उन्होंने कभी यह परिकल्पना नहीं की थी कि बड़सर से चुने गए कांग्रेस विधायक दलबदल करने वाले विधायकों में से एक होंगे। उन्होंने कहा कि ऐसे दलबदलू नेताओं को प्रदेश की जनता ने सबक सिखाया और विधानसभा उप-चुनावों में उन्हें हार का सामना करना पड़ा।
उन्होंने कहा कि भावनाओं में बहकर ही गई गलती की बड़ी कीमत चुकानी पड़ती है, यह हमीरपुर जिला के लोग भलीभांति जानते हैं। वर्ष 2017 के विधानसभा चुनाव में भाजपा के घोषित मुख्यमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार प्रो. प्रेम कुमार धूमल को हराकर सुजानपुर के लोगों ने जो गलती की थी, वही बड़सर के लोगों ने वर्ष 2024 में दोहराई। हमीरपुर जिले से पूर्व में भाजपा के विधायक मुख्यमंत्री बनाए जाते थे लेकिन वर्ष 2017 में भाजपा सरकार बनने पर हमीरपुर को एक मंत्रीपद भी नहीं दिया गया और उसी दिन से हमीरपुर में विकास का पहिया थम गया।
ठाकुर सुखविंद्र सिंह सुक्खू ने कहा कि हमारी सरकार ने हमीरपुर में विकास को फिर गति दी है। उन्होंने कहा कि ‘‘आपके जिला से मुख्यमंत्री है, आप हमारे साथ चलिए। बड़सर मेरा घर है, यहां का विकास रोकना मेरी नियत में नहीं। बड़सर का विकास कांग्रेस की ही देन है’’। उन्होंने कहा कि वर्तमान प्रदेश सरकार द्वारा बड़सर विधानसभा क्षेत्र में करोड़ों रुपये के विकास कार्य सुनिश्चित किए जा रहे हैं। उन्होंने विपक्ष से आग्रह किया कि विकास की इस प्रक्रिया राजनीतिक कट्टरता छोड़कर बढ़चढ़ कर प्रदेश सरकार का सहयोग करें।
उन्होंने क्षेत्रवासियों को भरोसा दिलाया कि राज्य सरकार बड़सर में विकास की गति को धीमा नहीं होने नहीं दिया जाएगा। उन्होंने कहा कि शीघ्र ही भोटा बस अड्डे का निर्माण आरम्भ किया जाएगा और इसके शिलान्यास के लिए वह स्वयं आएंगे।
ठाकुर सुखविंद्र सिंह सुक्खू जी ने हिमाचल से भाजपा के सात सांसदों और विधायकों से आग्रह किया कि हाल ही में राज्य के लिए प्रधानमंत्री द्वारा आपदा राहत पैकेज के रूप में घोषित 1500 करोड़ रुपये शीघ्र जारी करने में सहयोग दें। उन्होंने कहा कि प्रदेश सरकार भाजपा सांसदों के साथ प्रधानमंत्री के पास इस आपदा राहत राशि को शीघ्र जारी करने के आवेदन के लिए जाने को तैयार है। उन्होंने कहा कि प्रत्येक आपदा प्रभावित परिवार को क्षतिग्रस्त भवनों के स्थान पर नए घर बनाने के लिए 7 लाख रुपये की वित्तीय सहायता प्रदान की जा रही है।
मुख्यमंत्री ने पूर्व भाजपा सरकार को औद्योगिक प्लॉटों के आवंटन पर भी घेरा। उन्होंने कहा कि कस्टमाइज्ड पैकेज के नाम पर प्रदेश के संसाधन लुटा दिए गए। उन्होंने कहा कि शीघ्र ही पुलिस विभाग में 800 पदों पर भर्ती प्रक्रिया आरम्भ की जाएगी। उन्होंने कहा कि पूर्व सरकार में पुलिस भर्ती का पेपर लीक हुआ करते थे, लेकिन वर्तमान सरकार पूरी पारदर्शिता के साथ भर्ती कर रही है।