Tribal Development Minister, Thakur Singh Bharmouri called on Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo in New Delhi today. He was accompanied by Vice Chairman, HRTC Kewal Singh Pathania.Appreciating the measures being taken by the State Government for development of tribal areas of the State, Shri Deo said that development of tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh had become role model for other States of the country. Shri Bharmouri said that Central Government had agreed to provide financial assistance to the State Government for plying more mini buses in tribal belts. He said that the State Government would send a detailed project report to the Union Tribal Ministry in this regard soon.
He said that the road network in tribal areas was the only source of connectivity with rest of country and it was need of the hour to provide more transportation facilities for the development of such areas. He said that Shri Deo had agreed to visit tribal areas of Pangi and Bharmour in the month of June to assess the impact of various developmental projects in tribal areas besides, he would also hold a high level meeting with Chief Minister, Shri Virbhadra Singh, representatives and officers of tribal area for seeking their views and suggestions to expedite the pace of development so as to adopt corrective policy decisions on the level of Government of India, keeping in view of ground realities.