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Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu took the state government’s flagship ‘Sarkar Gaon Ke Dwaar’ (Government at the Village Door) programme to Mehla, a remote village in the Bharmaur assembly constituency of Chamba district, on 6 November 2026.

The Chief Minister stayed overnight in the village on Thursday evening and interacted with local people, Mahila Mandals and Yuvak Mandals. He said the programme’s top priority is the resolution of public grievances, and that the government is taking administration to people’s doorsteps instead of making them travel to Shimla.

172 families under the new Apna Parivar Yojana

The Chief Minister said 172 families of Mehla gram panchayat had been identified under the Mukhya Mantri Ka Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana, which is scheduled to be launched in the state next month. The scheme is meant to support families with a monthly allowance, free electricity units and free treatment.

He also announced that a CBSE school would be made functional at Mehla from the next academic session. The Chief Minister said the government had to dissolve the Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC) after reports of irregularities and paper leaks, which had deprived meritorious students of a fair chance in competitive examinations.

Bharmaur MLA Neeraj Nayyar, APMC Chamba chairman Lalit Thakur and senior Congress leaders were present on the occasion.

CM visits Mehla model school, seeks ideas on education

On Friday, 6 November, the Chief Minister also visited the Rajkiya Model Senior Secondary School at Mehla. Sharing the visit on X, the Chief Minister’s Office quoted him as saying that every good suggestion related to children’s education and their future is important to the government, and that all such suggestions would be considered.

Teacher transferred after daughter’s plea

During the Chamba tour, the Chief Minister also ordered the inter-district transfer of a JBT teacher from Nerwa in Shimla district to Chamba, after her young daughter tearfully requested him to bring her mother closer. The transfer order was issued the same evening under the government’s 5% discretionary quota, despite a mid-session ban on teacher transfers.

Sources: Indian Economic Observer (ANI), 6 November 2026; Nation Press, 6 November 2026; Inshorts, 6 November 2026.

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