With an objective to reach out the people of Uttarakhand stranded in other States and those in difficulty within the state and provide necessary help to them, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh and special invited member of PCC, Manish Khanduri launched an App ‘ Devbhoomi Sewa’ at Rajiv Bhawan here on Wednesday. Informing about the App, Khanduri who conceptualised the idea and executed it with a Gurugram based company said that the aim of the project is helping people by the use of technology. He said that after installation of the App, the user would have to answer few questions about the state, district, Tehsil or block he is presently in and inform about the problem being faced by him. “Many students, labourers and other workers of the state are stranded in different parts of the country. With the help of PCC president, we will share the data obtained from the App with the government officials concerned and ask them to provide necessary help. Our objective is to provide help to the people of the state facing problem in any part of the country,’’ he said.
The PCC President, Pritam Singh said that the union government had declared a 21 day lockout on March 25 and the people stranded in different parts of the country had made arrangements for their stay till April 14. He said that these people are now in distress as the government has further extended the lockdown. Singh said that Devbhoomi Sewa App launched by the Congress party would help these people. Former MLA of Pratapnagar, Vikram Singh Negi said that more than 500 people of his constituency are stranded in different parts of the country.