Traditional fairs and festivals lend identity to the culture of Uttarakhand and there is a need for retaining such traditions. The Chief Minister Harish Rawat said this after reaching Vishwanath, near Banjiyalgaon–the last stop on the Jagdishila Doli on Tuesday. On the occasion, the CM also declared the Jagdishila event a State-level Yatra.
Addressing the villagers who had arrived here from various rural areas of the district, the chief minister spoke to them about the various schemes being implemented for public welfare by the State Government. He averred that the aim of the government is to “serve the needy people of Uttarakhand and to provide various facilities to them”. Addressing the gathering of locals, Rawat aid that the government will make all possible efforts to facilitate the desired level of development in this region. He also exhorted the public to participate at the individual level too for ensuring the conservation of the environment and charging of water sources in order to facilitate protection of the forest wealth in Uttarakhand’s mountains and its environment. Rawat also informed the public about the facilities being provided by the government for the cultivation of pulses and grains.
In response to the list of demands submitted by education and potable water minister Mantri Prasad Naithani, the CM announced that Jagishila and Vishwanath will be ‘developed’, a polytechnic college named after the late Statehood activist Indramani Badoni at Beliagaon, play ground at Godadhar, construction of road from Banjialgaon to Vishwanath, preparation of estimation for construction of road from Jagdigad to Jagdishila, electrification in Vishwanath and Jagdishila among other issues.
It should be mentioned here that the Jagdishila Doli passed through the State’s 13 districts reportedly covering a distance of about 10,000 kilometres, it will be reinstalled at its presiding place on Tuesday. This was the 17th Jagdishila Doli undertaken, said the organisers.