Himachal Pradesh government has initiated a process to set up satellite townships at Dharamsala and Mandi to check rural population from moving to cities and to disperse urban populace from the congested towns. A proposal to set up new housing colonies at Theog and Pateog in Shimla district, Bhatolikhurd and Sansiwala in Solan district, Una and Rakkar in Una district, Dhaundi in Mandi district, Katyar, Palampur in Kangra district, Tikkaloharda in Hamirpur district and Bhatyat in Bilaspur district is being considered by the government.
The state government has identified land measuring 439 bighas while another chunk of 828 bighas has been identified near airport at Dharamsala. Similarly, government land of 602 bigha and 1,722-bigha private land has been identified at village Nasloh near Mandi for setting up of satellite townships. The government has also acquired 670 bigha of land at Kullu Jhanda near Baddi for setting up of education hub. Planning for Rs 28.26-crore project has already been finalised with 10 plots allotted to different educational institutions.
Official sources in the Himachal Pradesh Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA) said the authority has been entrusted the vital task to develop housing colonies at various places in the state. The authority is constructing houses under different housing schemes like social housing schemes, self-financing schemes and rental housing schemes for state government employees and police personnel.
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