She Haat launched at Bagh Pashog (Himachal)

 CM inaugurates Kaushal Vikas Kendra in Pachhad assembly constituency 

Sirmaur//Shimla: 17th December 2020: (The Women screen)::

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Ji inaugurated Rs. 70 lakh ‘She Haat’, a way site amenities, Rural Haat, local shop, restaurant, guest room and Kaushal vikas Kendra at Bagh Pashog village in Pachhad assembly constituency of Sirmour district, virtually from Shimla today. 

The project is unique in the entire country and will create self-employment opportunities for the women of the area

Jai Ram Thakur Ji said that the whole project was being run by a group of twenty-five SHG women to empower them for self-employment by selling traditional, natural, organic produce and also serve Pahari food, and provide homestay facilities to the visitors. He said that this project was a unique project in the entire country for women and by the women to serve all.

'She Haat' have modern amenities and will definitely boost tourism in the area

Chief Minister said that the ‘She Haat’ also have a two bed room guest house, solar power plant, rain water harvesting system and waste composting, acupressure track and air purifying plants. It has e-vehicle for women to easily ply from their houses, will also be used to ferry natural spring water, he added.

Jai Ram Thakur Ji said that the women in this ‘She Haat’would work in three shifts. He said that the State Government was committed to expand this experiment in other parts of the State as it would provide gainful employment opportunities to the rural women of the State. He said that this would not only provide a glimpse of the State’s culture, cuisine and tradition, but also make women folk self reliant.  Chief Minister said that people of the Pachhad area had given their wholehearted support in the bye elections and BJP candidate Reena Kashyap won by a huge margin. He urged the people of the State to elect honest, hardworking and dedicated candidates in the Panchayati Raj Institutions elections so that the pace of development get boost in at the grass-root level. 

MP Suresh Kashyap said that ‘She Haat’ was an innovative scheme envisioned by the Chief Minister for women empowerment and making them economically independent. He said that State Government has initiated several schemes for ensuring empowerment of the women and other weaker sections of the society. He said that it was the BJP Government in the State that made a provision of 50 per cent reservation in the PRIs for the women.