UK companies’representative to arrive on Feb 27
Dehradun:Representatives of about 10 companies from the United Kingdom are slated to arrive in Uttarakhand on February 27 to look into the scope for investment and technology transfer. They will be looking into opportunities in the medical, skill development, smart city and other sectors. The British deputy high commissioner Andrew Ayre met the Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh in this regard at the secretariat here on Monday.
Ayre told Singh that the United Kingdom is interested in cooperation focused on various sectors in Uttarakhand. For this purpose, a delegation of industrialists and experts from the United Kingdom will be holding discussions with officials concerned of Uttarakhand on February 27.
CM holds dept wise review of expenses
Dehradun: Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat conducted a department-wise review of expenses out of funds approved and programmes undertaken with these in the current financial year. He expressed satisfaction at 70 per cent of the approved amount being spent by January 2018 and directed all department heads to ensure completion of the set targets by the end of the financial year. He said that a calendar should be made for the execution of central funded, externally funded and other plans and officials failing to complete work on time according to the calendar should be identified and disciplinary action should be initiated against them.
A group of 34 devotees on religious journey
Dehradun:A group of 34 devotees departed for Nanakmatta, Ritha Sahib under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Matra-Pitra Teerthatan Yojana which facilitates free pilgrimage for senior citizens to the prominent pilgrimage centres in the State. The group departed from the regional tourism office here on Monday morning. According to official sources, the group which comprises 21 women and 13 men is on a four day pilgrimage to Nanakmatta and Ritha Sahib Gurudwara. After completing the pilgrimage, the group will return to Dehradun on February 15. Under the said scheme, people aged above 65 years from lower income group are provided free travel, lodging and meals to prominent pilgrimage centres in the State.
liquor smuggler arrested
Pauri:The Chamoli police arrested a bootlegger and seized 10 cartons of smuggled liquor from him on Monday. Kotwali Chamoli police SHO Deepak Rawat said that the police team has arrested the liquor smuggler while conducting a vehicle checking drive. The arrested was identified as Ashok, resident of Subhai, Joshimath of Chamoli district and the number of the car impounded was UA-07 G-8886.