Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday announced that senior secondary school Baragaon would be named after Kargil martyr late Satish Kumar as ‘Saheed Satish Kumar Senior Secondary School, Baragaon’.

The Chief Minister was addressing a gathering at the closing ceremony of Kabaddi and Volleyball tournament organised at Kumarsain in Shimla district.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that he himself comes from a humble background thus was well aware of the needs and aspiration of the common man.

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the State Government has succeeded to get financial assistance of about Rs 9000 crore from the Centre for development of the state.

The previous State Government left a financial burden of over Rs 46,500 crore due to their financial mismanagement on the state exchequer. The Centre Government is fully concerned about the developmental requirements of the state, he added.

On Jan Manch Programmes, he said that till date, five Jan Manch programmes had been organised in different parts of the state and as many as 15000 grievances and complaints of the people had been redressed on the spot.

Under the Mukhiya Mantri Grahani Suvidha Yojana, free gas connections were being provided to all the eligible families of the state and the endeavour of the State Government is to ensure gas connection to every household within a year, he added.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister announced Rs 33 lakh for construction of different link roads of the area and announced the construction of bus stand and parking at Kumarsain.

He also announced that a modern Sabzi Mandi would be constructed at Kumarsain in order to facilitate the fruit and vegetable growers.

Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated new ITI building at Kumarsain completed  at a cost of Rs 7.81 crore. 

He also visited the famous Hatu Mata Temple at Narkanda and performed Puja.