BJP unnecessarily blaming state for delaying work on 61 NHs:

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the BJP was unnecessarily blaming the state for holding up construction of 61 National Highways (NH) by delaying the preparation of Detailed Project Reports.
"Either they fail to understand ordo not want to understand that the state was yet to receive funds from the Centre for preparing theDetailed Project Reports (DPR)," the Chief Minister said.
"There is no doubt that the announcement was made by the Union Minister (Nitin Gadkari). But the process of giving clearances takes time. The contracts were given by the Union Ministry of Highways and not the state government," he said, adding he was grateful to the Centre for sanctioning the 61 highways.

The Himachal Pradesh government could start work on the state's roads but construction of NHs have to be taken up by Centre, Singh said.
He accused BJP leaders of misguiding people by saying that the state was not starting work on the roads.
Making announcements is easy, but the onus lies on the central government to construct NHs as announced by it, he said.
The Chief Minister said the thrust of the present government was on providing education to all and to assure that the enrolment of students increase in educational institutions.
Today, there are as many as 117 colleges in the state, mostly in far-flung areas, to cater to educational needs of the youth especially the girls, he said.