Solar, wind power to be tapped in Spiti: Himachal CM

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said that more solar and wind projects would be developed in the Spiti Valley area as it is ideal for the same. The chief minister announced that ´nautor´ or right to utilise the waste land owned by the government would be given to those persons who are landless or having a small landholding with them. He also said that construction of the bridge over Keer rivulet that was washed away in last year´s flash flood would be completed soon. The road network in the Spiti Valley would be completed on priority, he added.