The demand for a government college has picked up in certain peripheral panchayats of Shimla district falling under Kasumpti Assembly constituency. These panchayats under Junga sub-tehsil are situated on the boundary of Solan and Sirmour districts. The Himachal Gyan Vigyaan Samiti,which is running a literacy campaign in these panchayats,met the Dr Amarjeet Committee set up by the government to assess the need for a college in this area and showed the figures of their survey. HGVS district secretary Jianand Sharma said,Only two to three per cent students from here get higher education. The nearest college from here is about 50 to 70 kilometres away in Rajgarh (Sirmour),Solan or Shimla.
