SHIMLA, 04.01.26-Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the state government was going to bring about major changes in the education policy and special instructors will be appointed for English and Mathematics in government schools being brought under the CBSE curriculum. The recruitment process for these instructors will begin soon.

Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating the Gugga Dham and park, built at a cost of approximately Rs. 60 lakh, in his ancestral village Bhawran in Amlehar Gram Panchayat during his one-day visit to the Nadaun assembly constituency of district Hamirpur today, the Chief Minister said that Amlehar school has also been granted CBSE status. The work on the Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding School is being carried out rapidly and classes will begin there from next year. He said that multiple subjects will be introduced in four selected schools of the state, including Amlehar, so that children can choose subjects of their interest.

Appealing to farmers to adopt natural farming, the Chief Minister said that the state government is providing high prices for crops grown using this method. The government is buying turmeric grown through natural farming at the rate of Rs. 90 per kg. Farmers can earn up to Rs. 3 lakh by cultivating turmeric on five kanals of land.

The Chief Minister said that the state government is also providing subsidies for setting up solar plants on barren land. Young people can earn a net profit of up to Rs. 3 lakh annually by setting up a solar plant on four kanals of land.

The Chief Minister informed that approximately Rs. 100 crore is being spent on various drinking water schemes in the Nadaun assembly constituency. To provide pure drinking water to the residents of the area, water is being purified using state-of-the-art UV technology and ozonation process instead of using bleaching powder.

On this occasion, local Panchayat Pradhan Sonia Thakur welcomed the Chief Minister and presented details of the ongoing development works in the area.

Earlier, the Chief Minister also inaugurated the Shri Vaikunth Dham and park, constructed at a cost of approximately Rs. 25 lakh, in Pakhrol village of Gram Panchayat Gauna and listened to the grievances of the local residents. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the statue and memorial of freedom fighter Inderpal at Inderpal Chowk in Nadaun town. The renovation and beautification work of this statue and memorial was recently completed through the Municipal Council.

On this occasion, MLA Sujanpur Captain Ranjit Singh, former MLA Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Chairman of Kangra Co-Operative Primary Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Ram Chandra Pathania, Vice Chairman of OBC Finance and Development Corporation Dr. Mohan Lal, Deputy Commissioner Amarjeet Singh, Superintendent of Police Balbir Singh, Chairman of APMC Ajay Sharma, Block Congress President Captain Prithi Chand, Chairman of Nadaun Municipal Council Shammi Soni, representatives of various Gram Panchayats and other dignitaries were also present.