The Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi said that a plan has been prepared for the redevelopment of the Char Dham shrines in the State after the damage wreaked in the June disaster.
Chairing a meeting at the Secretariat in Rudraprayag, he said that various agencies of the Central Government will execute work on Char Dham redevelopment at a cost of `8,000 crore which may take about four years.
Taking cognisance of the complaints by locals, the Governor said that the district office was situated at an improper location.
He said that four mini-buses will soon be provided to ferry people free of cost, to and from the district office.
“NGOs have come forward in disaster relief works but in national interest, it is necessary to keep an eye on the work done by such organisations. A programme is being prepared to tackle the continued migration of people from the villages. A health centre will be opened in each village and later on all necessary facilities will be provided in villages on the lines of facilities in cities,” said Dr Qureshi.
later, he also viewed an exhibition based on the disaster relief works in the Rudraprayag district.
During the meeting, public representatives raised the demand for declaring Rudraprayag a backward district in view of the geographical conditions and damage wreaked by the calamity experienced in June.
They also said that to tackle the migration being fuelled by lack of education facility, a Sainik School should be opened at Bachansyun.
The public representatives expressed dissatisfaction at the damaged State of the motor road in Dhanpur area and failure to construct suspension bridge even six months after the disaster.
They also pointed out that though relaxation in electricity, water and other taxes was announced in view of the disaster but no action was taken in this regard.
The Kedarnath MlA Shaila Rani Rawat presented the State of damage in the district due to the disaster.
She stressed on the need to resolve the shortage of officers and employees in the district apart from repair and construction of motor roads. The Rudraprayag District Magistrate Raghav langar said that work costing `250 crore has been proposed on the damaged Rudraprayag- Gaurikund national highway. Out of this sum only `12.50 crore has been received by the Border Roads Organisation.