Chief minister Harish Rawat announced a sum of Rs25 lakh for management of the Nanda Devi lok Jat during his visit to the Nanda Devi Siddhpeeth at Kurud on the eve of the lok Jat’s start.
Addressing the gathering at a programme organised on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the State will facilitate major development in the mountainous regions. livelihood options will be increased in order to mitigate the continued migration of people from the mountainous regions in search of employment.
The State Government is also encouraging the native handicrafts, said the CM, while exhorting the youth to come forward and contribute towards increasing the agricultural production, dairy production and development of handicrafts.
This will also held the youth enhance their financial condition. Addressing the women, he stressed on the need for focusing more on education for ensuring a secure future for children.
The Chief Minister said, “I am happy to see that even the residents of remote rural areas are slowly getting connected to the mainstream of development. Our old handicrafts are still being liked considerably by people across India and abroad.
Efforts need to be made for further boosting the condition of the handicrafts segment,” he said. Referring to the traditional foods of the State, Rawat said that these are much liked even by foreigners and the demand for the State’s produce is also increasing.
Regarding the damage caused to agriculture by wild animals, Rawat said that the State Government is taking concrete measures for protecting the crops from wild animals. He exhorted the gathering to derive maximum benefit of government schemes being operated for people aged above 60 years.
The CM said that 1,800 lady constables will be appointed in the State police in the next two years, a lady sub inspector will be posted in each police station while 30 per cent women will be appointed in the PRD and Home Guards.
On the occasion, the chief minister also inaugurated the newly constructed Tehsil building. He also announced inclusion of Kurud in the State tourism map, appointment of sub divisional magistrate in the Ghat Tehsil, upgradation and financial approval for various Government schools, construction of ANM centres at Jakhani, Kumjug and Bajbagad, construction of Pranmati-Kanol Ghat, luntara-Palak-Dhurma motor road, Ayurvedic clinic at Sarpani named after freedom fighter Prem Singh Bhandari, health sub centre at Sera village named after Kargil martyr Himmat Singh Negi and a grant of Rs25,000 for Kurud Mahila Mangal Dal.
The local MlA Jeet Ram and other public representatives were also present on the occasion apart from locals and Government officials.