Deputy Commissioner Balram Sharma told mediapersons, here today that he had allocated Rs 12 lakh, as one time grant from the local area development programme funds to the Solan Municipal Council. This sum would supplement the grant of Rs 50 lakh from Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal for tarring the city roads and repairing the drains.

He said that some roads like the Mall had already been resurfaced by the PWD. The department was also in the process of repairing the Rajgarh road and the hospital approach road, he added.

The DC said that primary education department would conduct a survey from June 5 to 12 to identity the children in the age group of 6 to 14 years who were not attending any school. During this survey all the handicapped children would be provided artificial limbs.

Sharma said that angora rabbit rearing project introduction in the district in 1995-96 had proved to be a success. Encouraged by the improvement in the economic condition brought in by angora wool project the district rural development agency had formulated an ambitious plan of Rs 2.06 core for broad basing angora rabbit rearing in the district. He said that district supply and marketing society today offered Rs 925 for a grade wool and Rs 850 for B-grade angora wool per kg the procurement of angora wool by the society was hassle free and had been greatly like by the farmers.