Shimla, Nov. 4 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that providing quality technical education to students within the state remains the main focus of the present government so that they are equipped with market-relevant skills and maintain employability.

While reviewing the functioning of the Technical Education Department here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister expressed concern over several vacant buildings, stating that seven such structures constructed at a cost of Rs 126.45 crore between 2018 and 2023 were lying unused.

He directed the department to prepare an action plan for their optimum utilization in the larger public interest, adding that wastage of public funds merely on construction was unacceptabl...