Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh inaugurated police post at Sarhan in district Shimla today. This police post has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 42 lakhs. He also inaugurated ATM of Himachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Bank Ltd. at Sarhan. Virbhadra Singh on the occasion said that State Co-Operative Bank was providing best of the services to all sections especially rural populace of the Society. With the opening of ATM facility at Sarhan, 40 ATM’s of the bank had become functional in the State. State Co-Operative Bank was serving the people of the State through its 186 branches and 17 extension counters and it was the first Co-Operative Bank of the country which was providing ATM facilities to its customers.Chief Minister said that Bank would establish 60 ATM’s through out the State this year, so that more and more people could be benefited with this facility.
He said that Sarhan was also a famous religious place and ATM facility here would benefit the Pilgrims. He expressed happiness that State Co-Operative Bank has received four National level awards for its outstanding achievements. Chairman of the State Co-Operative Bank, Shri Harsh Mahajan said that bank was providing RTGS, Mobile and Online Banking facilities to its costumers. Bank had been connected with National Financial Switch Network (NFS) and this was helping its customers to use ATM’s of many of other Banks. He said that State Co-Operative Bank was mainly facilitating rural people and those residing in far flung areas of the state. Farmers and Fruit producers were being provided loans and other facilities form the bank. Member Parliament, Smt. Pratibha Singh, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Shri Nand Lal, Chairman of Sports, Culture and Environment Council, Shri Vikramaditaya Singh, Chairman, Agriculture Rural Development Bank, Shri Devi Singh Jistu, Chairman, Kailash Federation, Shri Brij Lal, Chairman, Municipal Committee, Rampur, Shri Deepak Sood, Vice-Chairman, State Co-Operative Bank Limted, Shri Pitamber Dass Negi, Vice-Chairman, Himachal Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation, Shri Atul Sharma, Former Chairmen, ZP Shimla, Smt. Chander Prabha Negi, Councilors of Municipal Committee, DGP, Shri Sanjay Kumar, DC, Shri Dinesh Malhotra, SP, Shri Abhishek Dullar, Senior Party Office bearers and prominent people of the area were present on the occasion.