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BJP MP from Mandi, Ramswaroop Sharma on Tuesday accused the Himachal Pradesh government of misusing funds to preserve hot water springs in Tattapani in Mandi district, around 50 km from here.
Raising the issue with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh during a meeting on Tuesday, Sharma said around Rs.4 crore had been sanctioned for preserving hot water springs at Tattapani in Karsog area of Mandi district in the last few years.
“The hot sulphur water springs holds religious importance and even the government had decided reserve the ghats on Satluj River,” he said, but the government couldn’t even prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR) so far.
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The BJP MP even accused the state government of misusing funds and said that the government officials were spending the allocated funds as per their whims and fancies.
He urged the CM to take necessary steps to rejuvenate the sulphur springs that had the qualities of curing various skin diseases.
“The government should prepare DPR for the rejuvenating and preserving the age old sulphur springs and dedicate it to the general public soon,” he added.
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