Annual Planning meeting twice a year: Himachal CM

| | Shimla | in Lucknow

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the annual Planning meeting would now be organised twice a year to review the progress made on the priorities given by the MLA's. He said the State Government would ensure that all developmental projects get completed in a fixed time frame besides giving timely approval to the projects which were in pipeline.

He was speaking while presiding over the meeting with the MLA's  of Mandi, Bilaspur and Kullu districts for finalization of their priorities for the budget 2018-19 here.

The CM said that government would take strict action against the contractors and officials held responsible for poor quality of roads as  large number of complaints were being received from almost all parts of the state regarding irregularities in metaling and tarring work.