Virbhadra rules out carving out new districts, sub-divisions

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today ruled out creation of more districts, sub-divisions and tehsils in the state, saying there was no exigency for establishing new administrative units.
"Each administrative unit involves expenditure and already the cost of running the administration is quite high and as such increasing financial burden by creating new administrative units is not advisable," the chief minister told reporters in Palampur.
He said the erstwhile BJP government had fooled the people by promising to create more districts, sub-divisions and tehsils but at present, there was no such need and no proposal under consideration of the government.

On inclusion of adjoining villages in Palampur Municipal Council, the chief minister said it was for the people of adjoining villages to decide whether they wanted to come under the civic body.
The chief minister said the only agenda of his government was development and to fulfil the promises made to the people during the elections.
"We want to convince the people that Congress is synonymous with development and the government is keen to accelerate the pace of development and ensure that the benefits of development percolated down to the target groups," Singh said.