To resolve the long-pending issue of sharing of assets, the chief secretaries (CS) of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand talked during a brainstorming session held at picturesque Civil Services Institute (CSI) located on Old Mussoorie Road on Saturday. After the meeting was over they said that understanding involving the two states on most of the issues has been reached in course of the meeting and the final decisions on many of them are likely to be taken in lucknow where they would meet again after a month.
Addressing newsmen, the chief secretary Uttarakhand Utpal Kumar Singh said that a decision to hold CS level meeting was taken after the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Aditya Nath and his Uttarakhand counterpart Trivendra Singh Rawat had met last year. He informed that pending issues of irrigation, power, finance, food and civil supplies, tourism and Tarai Seed Development Corporation were discussed threadbare during the meeting. Singh further said that the CM Uttar Pradesh has expressed a wish to set up an Uttar Pradesh guest house at Badrinath and the Uttarakhand government has decided to honour it. He said that a place for the guest house would soon be decided.
Chief secretary Uttar Pradesh Rajiv Kumar said that the meeting was held in a very cordial environment and all the important issues between the two states were discussed. He also said that decision on most of the pending issues would be taken soon. Kumar further added that a roadmap for future course of action on the few matters would also be prepared during the meeting to be held in lucknow.
On pending financial liabilities, Kumar informed that the issue was settled in the year 2011 but cross reconciliation in some departments is still pending. He assured that this would also be soon resolved. He further claimed that 95 to 98 percent pending issues between two states have been resolved as per the provisions of the state reorganisation act.