While addressing the gathering at Parade Ground in Dehradun organised to mark the 71st Independence Day on Tuesday, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced a slew of measures taken by his Government for the development of the State.
He announced a rise in the monthly pension for the widows of the freedom fighters from Rs 4,000 per month to Rs 8,000. Besides, Kedarpuri would be reconstructed and the farm loan scheme would be launched from September 25, he added.
While stressing on the importance to check migration, he said that Atal Adarsh Gram Yojana would be further strengthened aside from rural development and migration commission being formed. Integration of schools would be done based on the facilities available while departments would be integrated keeping in view the interests of the people, he said. He further said that the locals would be encouraged to generate solar energy upto 5 megawatt and the women cricket players who participated in the World Women Cricket Competition like Ekta Bisht and Mansi Joshi would be awarded on the occasion of Sports Day.
While paying glowing tribute to the freedom martyrs, CM said that India after 70 years of independence is now figuring among five top countries in the field of knowledge, science and technology and urged the people to free themselves from the yoke of corruption, casteism, terrorism and communalism.
While reiterating his commitment to weed out corruption, CM said that inquiries under SIT would be conducted into various scams reported in the State in the recent past like NH land compensation scam, scholarship scam, teacher recruitment scam and food security scheme scam. Besides, the State Government would form a corruption inquiry commission which would conduct inquiry within a fixed time frame and would have the guilty punished. He also mentioned about the CM desk board being formed to review and monitor the progress of the departmental schemes and programmes.
In order to achieve good governance and planned development, a centre for good governance has been formed, he said, adding that a public grievances redressal system has been connected to Samadhan Portal to ensure that the common people register their complaints through mobile phones and social networking sites.
He stressed on preparing citizen charter so that right to service act could be executed more effectively. Secrecy and transparency would be maintained in the transfer of Government department officers, he said. The State Government would focus on connectivity while the all- weather road would prove to be the game changer for the state in regards to road connectivity.
“We are working to complete kandi motor road that connects Kuman and Garhwal region. The State’s first metro rail would start operating through Rishikesh Haridwar and Dehradun. Dehradun Airport would be developed as international airport. Pantnagar airport would also be expanded too. Some schools would be clubbed and students’ strength would be increased while such schools would be developed as model schools. NCRT books in English medium would be introduced from Class I-XII. E-library would be developed in each college and 100 students would be given research scholarship each year. The central government has given three educational institutions to the State-National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hospitality University and Central institute of Plastic Engineering and Advanced Technology using which the youths would get their chance to build their career. The people’s per capita income would be doubled while the income of the farmers would be doubled too. Besides, each family sans home would be given house by 2022. All the villages would be connected with roads and five lakh unemployed youth would be made skilled. All the houses would be given electricity,” CM said.