Chamba millennium celebrations from Oct 20
Tribune News

Chamba, August 1
The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh today
announced that elaborate functions would be held to mark the
millennium celebrations in Chamba. The celebrations would be held
from October 20 to 26 this year.

The Chief Minister, who was presiding over the prize distribution
function of the eight-day long Minjar Fair at the historic Chowgan in
Chamba today, said the millennium celebrations would be a confluence
of the age-old culture and traditions of the erstwhile state of
Chamba. He said Chamba, which was known for its architecture and
paintings, had a distinct identity owing to its long chequered
history.

Describing the "Chamba Millennium" celebrations as second Minjar, the
Chief Minister said efforts would be made to invites artistes of
national and International level for the celebrations.

Speaking about the conservation and preservation of ancient monuments
of Chamba, the Chief Minister said he had directed the authorities to
take sterner measures to check soil erosion around the 1000-year- old
Suhi Mata temple, the recent rains had triggered landslides in the
area which had threatened the stability of temple. Sufficient funds
would be provided, for this, the Chief Minister said.

The Chief Minister announced that the state government had sanctioned
the setting up of an automatic dairy plant with an outlay of Rs 70
lakh at Chamba and the plant would start functioning shortly.

For the promotion of thriving tourism industry in Chamba region, a Rs
10- crore project had been okayed, the Chief Minister said.

Regarding health services in Chamba district, the Chief Minister also
announced that a CT scan unit worth Rs 1 crore had been sanctioned
for the regional hospital at Chamba.

Taking a serious note of the cases involving doctors who had been
transferred from the remote areas and had moved out without handing
over the charge to their substitutes, he said the matter would be
dealt with seriously and FIRs would be registered against them.

The Chief Minister said the state government had been laying emphasis
on qualitative education and English was being taught from class I
onwards from this academic session in all government schools to
enable the children studying in government schools compete with those
studying in public schools.

The Chief Minister gave away prizes to sportspersons and other
participants of Minjar Fair.

Mr Harsh Mahajan, Animal Husbandry and Urban Development Minister, Mr
Thakur Singh Bharmouri, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Kuldip
Pathania, Chairman, Himachal Pradesh Finance Commission, Mr Surinder
Bhardwaj, an MLA from Rajnagar constituency and President of the
District Congress Committee also spoke on the occasion.

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