UTTARAKHAND

The Union Government has sanctioned Rs 1,036 crore for the four-laning of the Bhaniyawala-Rishikesh road and the upgradation of the Bareilly-Sitarganj highway.

While the Bhaniyawala-Rishikesh road is an important project as it connects Dehradun with the key tourist destination Rishikesh, the Bareilly-Sitarganj route is an important one linking Kumaon with western Uttar Pradesh.

“The two key projects will help in the movement of vehicles within and outside the state,” CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said. Besides, the Centre has approved Rs 65.9 crore as special assistance toUttarakhandand Rs 72 crore as a capital outlay.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that in the idea of the creation of the Uttarakhand State, the tourism and energy sectors formed the basis of the economy and the is keeping them in special focus. Dhami said that he has requested Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi for the clearance of the Hydro Power projects of the State. He was addressing a programme organised on the occasion of National energy conservation day at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (Ongc) office.

The programme was organised jointly by the Uttarakhand RENEWABLE ENERGY Development Authority (UREDA) and ONGC. The CM said that continous development of any country is possible only by uninterrupted power and added that we should focus on the alternate sources of the power also.

He said that everyone should put in effort for conserving energy and it should become part of our daily life. Dhami said that the State government is making constant effort to strike a balance between the ECOLOGY and economy.

He said that under the Leadership of PM Modi India is leading the world community in the field of Solar Energy and our country is forwarding its commitment of the development of clean energy in the whole world. The CM said that energy and the tourism sectors hold vast potential in the State.

The CM visited an exhibition of the energy efficient equipment and released table calendar 2023 based on energy conservation on the occasion.

Though the is yet to take a final decision on the place and date of the session the speaker Prem Chand Agarwal hinted on Friday that the session could be held on December 9 and 10 in Dehradun.

Talking to the media persons at the sidelines of a programme organised on occasion of Constitution Day at Prakash Pant auditorium in assembly building

It is worth mentioning here that Pushkar Singh Dhami government had earlier decided to hold the winter session in Gairsain on November 29 and 30 but later the decision was cancelled by the state. After this there was a possibility of holding session in Gairsain on December 8 and 9.

The Cooperatives, Health and Education minister Dhan Singh Rawat has said that a project of Rs 100 crore would be launched to save and promote the Badri cows. He was speaking on the occasion of the launching of the website and MIS at headquarters of the State Integrated Cooperative Development Project (ICDP) here on Thursday. After the inauguration, the minister also had a review meeting with the officers of the department.

Speaking on the occasion,the minister said that the development department has been directed to focus on the Badri cow and prepare a proposal of a Rs 100 crore project for increasing its numbers. He said that demand for the Ghee of Badri cow is increasing in the metro cities. The minister also directed the officers to focus on goat farming and encourage farmers to extract milk from goats. He said that goat milk is being sold at Rs 600 per litre in the market.

Rawat further said that the ten progressive farmers each of apple, dairy, sheep and goat farming and fishery would be sent to Kashmir (apple) Himachal Pradesh (apple), Gujarat (dairy), Goa (fishery) Andhra Pradesh (fishery), Rajasthan (goat farming) and Leh in Ladakh (goat farming) for Learning the techniques employed by the farmers there in their respective fields. He said that the registrar of cooperatives has been directed for selection of the farmers. The cost of the study tour of farmers would be borne by the ICDP.

Informing about the decision of the government, the Education minister Arvind Pandey said that 135 schools in different parts of the state which conform to the norms of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would be converted to AUV in the second phase.

He claimed that the department had to put a board of no entry in many AUV which was a pleasant surprise. The minister further claimed that the number of students in the government schools of the state increased by 56,172 this year which is a big achievement considering the trend of the last many years where the number of students was decreasing every year. The AUVs are English medium schools having the affiliation of CBSE.

The minister said that there are many examples where people have returned back to their villages after the AUV was opened near their vicinity. The parents want their children to study in a CBSE English medium school and the AUVs with their and other facilities are fitting their requirement. In a way these schools are promoting reverse Migration.

The programme was organised under joint aegis of Navyog Sewa Samiti, CCRYN, Ministry of Ayush and Uttarakhand Open University. Dhami said that efforts are being made to convert the Sports College Raipur into an international sports university. He said that 50 boys and an equal number of girls of age group 8 to 14 years would be selected on the basis of their sporting talent for the CM’s Scholarship. He added that a Women‘s Sport College would be set up in Udham Singh Nagar district and a Five per cent quota would be reserved for sportspersons in the colleges and vocational courses.

In the last few years, the administration has provided various kinds of Skill development training to hundreds of Women associated with various (SHGs) to make them financially independent. According to the officials, various rural women of SHGs have been trained in many skills like mushroom production, baking, tailoring, and making LED Light strings and light bulbs.

Most of the time, the District Administration provides platforms for such women to exhibit their products. However, now the officials want these rural women to be capable of Marketing and selling their products in open markets among the other existing private businesses.

According to her, the reach of the products prepared by these women will not extend beyond the government departments and associated events if these women will fail to market their products. “This training will help them to get more exposure in the open market so that they can get the confidence to market and promote their own products.

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami handed over appointment letters to the successful candidates of the constable and firemen examination in a ceremony held at Police lines. The CM personally handed over the letters of appointment to 55 candidates in the programme. The Uttarakhand police has recruited 1,425 constables and firemen in its ranks. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that a new recruitment drive will soon start to fill 1,550 vacant posts of constables in the police.

The CM said that the has enacted a stringent anti-copying law for ensuring a transparent process of recruitment. He said all the competitive examinations after imposition of new law have been conducted in a fair and transparent manner. The CM said that the stringent provision made in the law would prevent the copying mafia from affecting the sanctity of the examinations. To maintain the sanctity of the recruitment examinations,I resolved to undertake the strictest possiblemeasures. I was prepared to face any challenges and criticism in this endeavour, he said.

In a meeting of theNational Board for Wildlife(NBWL), chaired by Union minister of forest, Environment and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change,Prakash Javadekar, an approval was issued for the contentious Laldhang-Chillarkhal forest motor road inUttarakhand.

Chief minister Tirath Rawat approved all seven proposals and divisional forest officers (DFOs) were asked to complete the work on these at the earliest.A park would be developed near Chandrabani Khalsa for Rs 15.8 lakh and a trek route developed on Kyari-Nag Tibba-Surkanda Devi route with Rs 10 lakh. An amount of Rs 10 lakh has been earmarked for beautification of Sanjay Jheel in Rishikesh to develop it as a centre of water Sports.