State to get 2 more medical colleges
Virbhadra says 57,000 new jobs soon
Tribune News Service

Shimla, September 16
The Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, said today that the
government would soon grant permission for the opening of two more
medical colleges in the state to private sector.

The Chief Minister was speaking at the inaugural session of the two-
day annual conference of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists
here today. "The two new medical colleges will be opened in Mandi,
Kullu or Hamirpur districts and efforts will be made to make them
centres of excellence," he remarked.

Mr Virbhadra Singh said the government was keen to encourage private
participation of competent, experienced and financially sound
partners so as to make the state the educational hub of the country.

He said under the National Rural Health Mission the government would
provide anaesthetists at the first referral units.

He stressed the need for adopting appropriate modes to check
population explosion in the state.

Mr Virbhadra Singh released the souvenir brought out by the
organisers to mark the occasion. Kumarhatti: "As many as 57,000 new
employment avenues will be created in the government sector during
the current fiscal. This includes recruitment of 22,000 anganwari
workers and helpers for 11,000 new anganwari kendras in the rural
areas of the state."

This was stated by the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, while
addressing the gathering after inaugurating the two-day Sair fair at
Arki today.

He said the government had adopted a balanced approach to carry out
accelerated development with ecological safeguards.

Speaking on the recent awards got by the state following a weekly
magazine's survey, the CM said it was not a minor achievement.

The state that has been adjudged best in health, education, consumer
market and potential exploitation.

The CM said the state had earlier also been given an award for
outstanding performance in education and social welfare sectors.

The Chief Minister announced upgradation of government middle schools
at Batal, Kotli, Bakhalag, Sanari and Mord to high schools.

Earlier, the CM laid the foundation stones of a student hostel of the
Government Degree College, Arki, estimated to be constructed at a
cost of Rs 165 lakh and a primary health centre to be constructed at
a cost of Rs 53.21 lakh.

Mr Dharam Pal Thakur, Deputy Speaker of the HP Vidhan Sabha, thanked
the CM for declaring Sair fair as a district-level fair.