Chief Minister said that the State Government had prepared an ambitious water supply scheme for Shimla and its surroundings. He said that this scheme was a gravity scheme which would supply adequate water in Shimla town and upcoming adjoining townships for next six decades. He said that scheme was likely to cost at about Rs. 750 crore. He said that World Bank authorities were satisfied with the proposal of the State Government and has agreed for its funding. He said that the proposal had been routed through various ministeries and final clearance was awaited. He sought the intervention of the Union Minister to get the scheme approved. He said that this scheme would also result in energy saving amounting to about Rs. 100 crore.
Prof. Dhumal also raised various other issues with the Union Minister including release of transport subsidy and capital subsidy besides restoring the Special Industrial Package upto 2013. He said that the State was for speedy industrialisation and had initiated industrial infrastructural building activities to help the entrepreneurs in setting up their industrial units. He said that with the announcement of Special Industrial Package a large number of entrepreneurs had come forward to set up their units in the State. He said that originally the package was announced for ten years upto 2013 but the same had been cut down to 2010 later. He added that the state had proposed construction of Chandigarh-Baddi broad gauge railway line project to the Centre which would help in transportation of raw material and finished products. He added that since the last date was drawing State, fear slowdown in the industrial development process. He said that he had raised the issue at all fronts and also sought the intervention of the Prime Minister to get the package extended to the scheduled date announced by the NDA Government earlier.
Chief Minister said that one Central University had been sanctioned for the State which was being set up in district Kangra. He said that 643 acres of land had been identified and approved by the Central Government team near Dehra in district Kangra to start the campus development activities. He said that the detailed project report needed to be prepared to develop the campus so that classes could be started early. He said that there was functional infrastructural facilities available in Dehra where first batch could be started. He said that further delay would harm the interests of the State and aurged Shri Anand Sharma to take up the matter at his level also with the concerned ministry so that first batch could be admitted from the coming academic session. He also sought his personal intervention in getting the State sanctioned one Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and one Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT). He hoped that both the Union Ministers Shri Virbhadra Singh and Shri Anand Sharma would lend their supportive hand to their home state in getting all the pending issues cleared in the larger interests of people of the State.
Prof. Dhumal said that Himachal Pradesh needed to be treated at par with rest of the Special Category States.
Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, assured the Chief Minister, that soon a high level team would visit the State to hold discussions with the State Government on various pending issues. He said that his Ministry would be reviving the Inter-State Trade Council in the near future and also convene meeting of all the Industries Ministers of the States to provide them platform to voice their concerns. He said that it would be his endeavour to encourage labour intensive industries so that unemployed could find job opportunities.
Smt. Asha Swaroop, Chief Secretary apprised the Union Minister of all pending issues of the State Government with the Central Government in different Ministries.
Senior officers of the State Government were also present on the occasion.
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