Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat laid stress on promotion of the schemes like‘ Home Stay’ by way of encouraging the youths to go for self- employment ventures while addressing a multipurpose camp at Ghat in Chamoli on Tuesday. He also said that his Government is pulling out all the stops to boost the tourism infrastructure, tourism being the mainstay of the State’s economy.
He said that the nature having bestowed the State with immense beauty, lakhs of tourists visit the State every year. “This must be fully used to strengthen the economy of the State,” he said.
Reiterating the State Government’s commitment to the full-fledged development of the State, he said they are sparing no effort to develop the Ghat area.
Exhorting the people to come forward and set up Pirul (Pine needles)- based industry from which bio diesel, turpentine, tar coal and power is produced, CM announced that the State Government takes full responsibility to buy the power produced from Pirul.
He also urged the farmers to adopt farming of roses and peas to augment their income. He said that a kilogram of rose oil is being sold at Rs12 lakh and the farmers in the higher hills can earn a lot by adopting rose cultivation.
He also felicitated wife and father of the martyred soldier Jagdish Purohit on the occasion.