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been brought under fruit cultivation and fruit production has reached 10.28
lakh MT. The state has favourable climatic conditions to produce a variety of
fruits such as apple, pear, peach, plum, apricot, mango, litchi, guava, strawberry
and citrus fruits. For protection of horticulture crops from hailstorms, 15, 51,813 sq.
meter area has been brought under anti-hail nets. The Horticulture Technology
Mission is being implemented for the integrated development of horticulture.
This Mission is based on the “End To End Approach” taking into account the
entire gamut of horticulture development with all backward and forward
linkages in a holistic manner. To ensure remunerative prices in apple, mango
and citrus fruits produce to the farmers, state government has starting
marketing intervention scheme.
Roads
Being a hilly state, the roads are very important and main mode of
communication for the people. There were only 288 km of roads in the state at
time of its formation in the year in 1948. The state government has constructed
36,256 km of motorable road till December, 2016.
"Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna” has shown remarkable progress in the
state. “Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna” has also been implemented to
provide last mile connectivity to villages/habitations.
Hydro-Power Generation
Hydel-power potential is the key to prosperity of the state and out of the total
available potential of 27,436 MW, the state has harnessed 10,351 MW power so
far. Cent per cent electrification had been achieved in the state.
Irrigation and Water Supply
Water is an essential amenity for the development of any state. Irrigation facility
for the agriculture and horticulture is being provided in the state. Out of the
total 3.35 lakh hectare area that can be provided assured irrigation facility,
2.69 lakh hectare area has been brought under irrigation schemes. Water
treatment plants are being provided in all the drinking water supply schemes.
Forestry
Forest in Himachal Pradesh covers an area of 37, 033 sq. km which comes to
66.52 per cent of the total geographical area of the state. The strategy of
government in forestry management is conservation along with rational
utilization and side by side expanding its base. Forest plantation is being carried
out under productive forestry scheme and soil conservation schemes. A new
scheme “Sub-Mission on Agro Forestry” was launched with the objective to
increase tree plantation in an integrated manner along with crops and livestock
to improve employment opportunities of small farmers. Wildlife and nature
conservation schemes aim at improving the habitat and facilitating provisions