The Medical Device Park being set up on 265 acres in Solan district would create 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan told the state assembly on Tuesday.
The upcoming park in Manjholi village panchayat under Nalagarh assembly constituency would provide direct and indirect employment to 10,000 persons, Chauhan said in response to a question.
The minister said that the state government will bear the entire expenditure on the project which is expected to be completed by December 31, 2025.
No technical sanction was pending and there is possibility of setting up 65 industrial units under the project, he added.
Meanwhile, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu informed the state assembly that 2,708 cases of forest fires were reported during six months of the current year ending June 2024, but there was no loss of human life.
In reply to another question of BJP member Sukh Ram Chowdhary, the chief minister said that out of 55 hotels ru
