Himachal sets up State Disaster Management Authority

Shimla, Dec 28 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet today decided to constitute the State Disaster Management Authority under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister and State Executive Committee under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary.

The Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts will be the Chairmen of the District Disaster Management Authorities.

Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh presided over the first cabinet meeting held in the New Vidhan Sabha Complex at Tapovan, near Dharamshala today.

The Cabinet also sanctioned creation of 261 posts of different categories in various departments of the State Government which includes one post of DLR-cum-Deputy Secretary Law, two posts each of Special Private Secretaries and Senior Private Secretaries in the HP Secretariat, 45 posts of Junior Engineers in Irrigation and Public Health Department, 89 posts of Junior Engineers in the Public Works Department, 20 posts of Excise and Taxation Inspectors, 102 posts of teaching and non-teaching categories in the Education Department.

It decided to take over the G G D S D College at Baijnath and D A V College and Senior Secondary School at Daulatpur Chowk in district Una along with its staff.

Approval was granted to Himachal Pradesh Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Rules-2006. The Rules will not apply over the traditional water wells.

Cabinet decided to exempt the ethanol-blended petrol from all the provisions of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914.

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