Saturday, 11 September 2021 | PNS | Roorkee/Dehradun
The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said the state government is committed to make Uttarakhand a model state and for it a roadmap of 10 years is being prepared for the development of the state. He was addressing a public meeting at Nehru stadium of Roorkee on Friday. He inaugurated 56 projects worth Rs 58.71 Crore and laid the foundation stone of 11 projects on the occasion. Terming Roorkee as a historical city having the oldest military cantonment, Dhami said that every possible effort would be made for development of the city. He said that improvement in the work culture is being done in the state and officials have been directed to undertake public hearings from 10 am to 12 am on all working days of the week.
Stressing on the principle of the ‘No Pendency’, the CM said that he himself would make surprise visits to the offices for checking the pending works. He said that the country is safe in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country has achieved new milestones in development under his leadership. Dhami said that the state government has provided relief to those associated with tourism, health and transport sectors during the pandemic of Covid-19. He accepted that the livelihood of lakhs of people has been affected due to the ban on the Char Dham Yatra and claimed that the state government is making serious efforts to start the Yatra. He added that the state government would table important documents and facts before the Uttarakhand High Court on the Char Dham Yatra.
The cabinet ministers Dhan Singh Rawat, Swami Yatiswaranand, Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Bansal, president of Uttarakhand BJP Madan Kaushik, MLAs Pradeep Batra, Sanjay Gupta, Pranav Singh ‘Champion’, Deshraj Karnwal and others were present on the occasion.
