State Chief Minister Harish Rawat is making every bid to win the hearts of everyone and by doing this he has been making Opposition (BJP) tizzy; so it seems in the coming days, the Opposition would be more vocal during the ongoing Budget session.
To make dent in the vote banks of BSP, which is an alliance partner in the Congress-led State Government, CM Rawat has announced two projects which were named after Khushi Ram and St Raidas. Taking cognizance on ASHA and Aganwari workers, the State Government has decided to give them 15 mark extra in nurse and teachers examination respectively.
In a bid to restore the infrastructure of Kedarnath, which has damaged in the June 2013 disaster, state government has divided entire area into eight zones, which will be led by SDM level officers and two special zone led by a ADM level officer. The officer would have authority to make project and sanction upto Rs one crore. With this initiative, the State Government is planning to rebuild the infrastructure before resumption of Char Dham Yatra. These announcements were made by the Chief Minister while interacting with media persons in Dehradun on Sunday.
To reduce the delay between preparing proposal and allocation of budget to execute on ground, the State Government has decided to project implementing unit (PIU), which will be monitored by the SDM level officer. The officer would be empowered to take a decision up to Rs one crore. With this work would be executed on ground and people would reap its benefit. “For this, we have made detailed discussion with their officials and will appoint concern officials as per the plan shortly,” he said.
As far as the Kedarnath Yatra is concerned, the State Government is committed to resume it by May 5. To prepare the Yatra route for pedestrians, the State Government has divided entire Kedarnath Yatra route in eight zones and each zone will be led by SDM level officer and will have authority to execute the work upto Rs one crore without seeking prior permission from the state government. The State has also created two special zones in Rambara and Kedarnath, where ADM or CDO level officer will be appointed as head of the special zone and will be empowered to execute the work upto Rs five crore.
Restoration work in between Gaurikund to Rambara will begin shortly because the State Government has prepared blue print of it.Now, Rambara to Kedarnath restoration work will depend upon weather but state government is dedicated to resume Yatra by May 5. Talking about his work plan, CM Rawat said that State is celebrating February 9 as Development Day; so the Government, including Speaker, deputy Speaker and Cabinet ministers, are going to inaugurate 150 projects worth of Rs 203 crore and unveiling foundation stone of 454 project worth of Rs 1,600 crore.
He further said that the State Government is going to launch two more projects, which would be for talent promotion, including award under the name of freedom fighter Khushi Ram in hills and Rs St Raidas award in plains. The State Government is also going to launch a mobile soil testing laboratory where farmers can know about their soil by making nominal payment. With this, lab farmers would get soil health card so that they can do cultivation as per their soil quality.
Taking cognizance on demand of ASHA workers, the State Government has decided to give 15 marks extra to them if they appear in nurse selection examination. Aganwari workers will also get similar privilege in teacher selection examination. To address the unemployment, which is a major issue in uttarakhand, CM Rawat said that their government has instructed all the departments’ head to start drive to fill the vacant post by February 10 and make sure end of backlog by next one year. Even dead post of education department will be revived by the state. Making humble appeal to the government employees, who have been on strike under different banner, CM Rawat said that “we have already constituted a committee led by Cabinet minister Indira Hridayesh; so please give us three months time to sort out their grievance.” The State Government will also establish drainage system in villages, which have developed as urban areas, in coming days.