Different organisations and common people from the district and regional headquarter Pauri have strongly opposed the order of the Uttarakhand Government to shift the camp office of the Rural Development Directorate to Dehradun. Annoyed with the ‘arbitrary’ decision, they have decided to launch agitation against the decision. It would continue till the order of shifting of camp office presently located in Gramya Vikash Nidashalya is not revoked, they warned.
Rural Development Directorate was established in Pauri in 2001. Instead of filling the vacant posts of deputy commissioner and one administrative officer in the office of Rural Development Directorate by the government, the order of shifting the camp office has been issued. The refrain is that the district and regional headquarter have been left crippled since the time Uttarakhand became a State.