Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced Rs 10 crore for construction and maintenance of roads in the lohaghat and Champawat Vidhan Sabha areas. The chief minister was addressing the public in Tanakpur while touring Champawat district. Rawat made various announcements on the occasion. He announced facilitation of modern toilets at Pati, Devidhura, Reetha Sahib turn area in lohaghat region, car parking at Reetha Sahib, tourist huts at Devidhura, Walik and Mayawati, development of trekking route for the Banasur fort, developing Barakot ITI into model ITI, construction of sewer line in lohaghat, upgradation of lohaghat Nyay Panchayat, implementation of master plan for development of lohaghat town and other developmental works. For the Champawat Vidhan Sabha constituency, the chief minister announced the status of central workshop for the Tanakpur roadways workshop, works along Purnagiri-Tanakpur road for safety from wild animals, potable water, road and toilet among other basic facilities at Purnagiri, tea garden development in Champawat, beautification of Champawat and Tanakpur as part of the Swachchh Bharat Mission, construction of small ponds in the district, completion of ropeway and infrastructural works in the Purnagiri Mela area. The chief minister further announced that the development authority would also be set up for holding the Purnagiri Mela, parking facilities and public toilets would be developed in Tanakpur and Champawat and a bus station would be constructed at Champawat. Rawat also announced various other developmental works for various areas on the occasion.
The CM exhorted the public to make a commitment to enhance greenery in the State with each person planting one tree. He said that fashion designing, plastic engineering institution and hospitality institute would be opened in the current year in Uttarakhand which will also enhance employment opportunities. He also said that construction of the Pancheshwar dam project will result in a drastic increase in power generation apart from which locals would have access to employment opportunities, development would be facilitated and tourism would be enhanced.