The Chief Minister Harish Rawat unveiled the foundation stone of Jagjivan Ram Government Medical College in Pithoragarh on Wednesday. Addressing a ceremony organised to mark the occasion, he said that his Government has accomplished many tasks for providing medical facilities in the most remote part of the state. He said that a sum of `350 crores has been sanctioned for the medical college and base hospital in the district and work on both projects would get completed by the year 2019. Appreciating the natural beauty of Chandak where the medical college would be constructed, Rawat said that the place would be developed on the lines of Mussoorie.
Claiming that the Uttarakhand is among six states that are developing at a rapid rate, he said that 23-24 hour power is being made available and the Government is committed to take the state on path of development with a positive approach. The CM said that the government is disbursing pensions to 7.25 lakh people in the state under different schemes. He said that that besides increasing the beneficiaries the Government has increased the amount of pension also. Rawat claimed that Uttarakhand is the highest pension giving State in the country. The state is among top six states in per capita income. On education front, Rawat said that government has opened 500 model schools in the state. He claimed that the government would construct 35000 houses for poor by the year 2020.
The programme was attended by local MlA Mayukh Mahar, district Panchayat head Prakash Joshi and municipal council chairman JS Khati among others.