The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat laid foundation stone of a road from Shaktifarm to Teenpani at Durga Puja Mandir complex at Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar district on Tuesday. The road is going to be constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 7.60 crore. He handed over land ownership certificates to 24 beneficiaries of the regularised land under category-4, category- 8 and category-20.Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Rawat claimed that the State Government had checked corruption in Uttarakhand and was providing a transparent Government to the people.
The CM said that the State Government has increased the revenue in the power sector and proposes to earn a profit of Rs 300 crore in the coming years. He said plans are in the pipeline to make transport department a profit generating venture. He said that government has earned revenue of Rs 400 crore through mining and has a target to earn a revenue of Rs 800 crore in the next year.
He said that that Government is working with full transparency and the next step is to generate employment in the state with conclaves in this regard slated to be held at block and district levels. He said that anybody can register his complain and suggestions on 1905 number. He said monetary compensation would be granted to farmers in next two months, whose crops were damaged in recent hailstorm.
He appealed to villagers to regularise their land by August 19, 2018 adding that land regularisation is being done on basis of circle rates in the year 2000 and later, it would be done on the present circle rate.
He said that the proposals for the transfers of forest land should be expedited so that the construction of road in village Gautha and Bagga could be undertaken. He said Government has opted for e-tendering to bring transparency. The State Government earned 11 times more revenue than through normal tenders by adopting e-tendering process for allotting liquor shop contracts in the state. He announced to construct 13 kilometre long road between Sirsa and Shakti Farm, a bridge on river Sukhi and to start 108 emergency service at Shakti Farm. He said doctors would be appointed soon in Sitarganj and Shakti Farm. On the complaint by locals that they are being paid were low wages in SIIDCUl industrial areas, the chief minister instructed the district magistrate to submit a report after investigation into the matter.
Former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, MlAs Saurabh Bahuguna, Rajesh Shukla, DM Neeraj Khairwal and SSP Sadanand Date were also present on the occasion.