Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi today and requested her to provide special Central assistance to Himachal for capital expenditure and support for maintaining ways and means position of the state.
The Chief Minister also requested her for financial assistance for the Mandi airport.
Earlier, he also met Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Minister for Power RK Singh in the national capital.
In the meeting with Mansukh Mandaviya, Thakur sought 50 ambulances to reduce the response time within the prescribed limits in the hilly terrain.
