Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said, “The Central government is in the process of granting tribal status to the Hatti community residing in the Trans –Giri area of Sirmour district.”

After meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Monday, the CM said, “I and state BJP chief Suresh Kashyap along with MLAs and public representatives from the area met the Home Minister to take up this matter.”

He said, “This issue has been hanging fire for a long time and now the Home Minister has assured to take up this matter at appropriate level on priority basis.”

He said, “ The decision to grant tribal status to the Hatti community would benefit nearly three lakh people residing in Trans –Giri area and also speed up pace of development in the area.”

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