The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said that by November the State will appoint 130 Urdu teachers, 20 Bengali and Gurumukhi languages teahers. Apart from this, about 50,000 youth will also be linked with the start up policy under which the youth will be provided employment for a period of four years. The Chief Minister said this while addressing the gathering after unveiling foundation stone for the Gadarpur-Jafarpur 220 Megawatt electricity sub station to be constructed at a cost of about `43 crore and the transit camp Rampura drinking water scheme to be constructed on the football ground at a cost of about `9.47 crore.The construction of these schemes will enable the people of the area to access clean drinking water and regular electricity supply, he added while addressing the gathering at Rudrapur on Sunday.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government had decided to fill the 30,000 vacant posts in various departments with appopintments having been made to 14,500 of these vacant posts. Under the Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Bima Yojana, all the beneficiaries will be provided insurance cards with the insurance amount being set at `1.75 lakh. Rawat averred that the State Government intends to change the scenario in Uttarakhand by woman empowerment. He referred to the various programmes being run by the State Government for ensuring all round development of the females. He said, “A sum of `5,000 each is being provided to each woman self help group with `25,000 amount being provide to such women SHG wanting to run their own enterprise. The women groups interested in farming are being provided `1 lakh each while about 200 acre land is being provided in SIIDCUl estate for similar groups wanting to set up their own enterprise. This is to enable women entrepreneurs set up their own industrial enterprise,” said the chief minister. He further announced a sum of `21 lakh for improving the condition of the football ground apart from construction of a a road and inter-college in the transit camp area on the occasion. Addressing the gathering at the programme organised at Rampura, the CM announced upgradation of the Government primary school in ward number seven to a Government junior high school. Rawat also informed the gathering that Rajya Sabha MP Raj Babbar has spoken of making provision of `3 lakh from his MP fund for the
beautificationof the Kali temple in ward number seven. Rawat went on to state that land ownership rights will be given to farmers on whichevery type of land they are occupying. The slum settlements will also be regularised at a cost of about `400 crore and those occupying the said land will be provided ownership rights for the same, for which a revolving fund of `400 crore is being made, he added.
State finance minister Indira Hridayesh averred that state government is dedicated to ensure integrated development of the State with the people being provided varied benefits of the various schemes being operated by the Government for their welfare. Various noted industrial enterprises are also operating in SIIDCUl industrial estates with about 70 per cent of the local residents being employed in the same. Whatever problem labourers are facing will be addressed, she said while also asking the public to keep an eye on developmental works in their area.
Actor turned politician, Rajya Sabha MP and UP PCC president Raj Babbar said that serving water to the people is a pious work. He exhorted the gathering to focus on developmental aspects, adding that with people being identified on the basis of the work done by them, they should not be viewed through religious or casteist angles.