Jai Ram Thakur govt a big failure: Oppn

Opposition parties in Himachal Pradesh today alleged that the scarcity of water here and the killing of a assistant town planner (ATP) in Kasauli proved the incompetency of the present state government.

The first six-months of the Jai Ram Thakur government has been a complete failure, the Congress alleged.

The state capital has earned bad name for the "unprecedented" water scarcity here during his first six months in office, state Congress president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told PTI.

The mismanagement and unplanned working style of the BJP has left Shimla residents without a drop of water for about a fortnight. Tourism was also adversely affected, he added.

Referring to the May 1 killing of ATP Shail Bala Sharma during a drive against unauthorised hotels, the state Congress chief alleged that the law and order situation had deteriorated in the state