Chief Minister, Vijay Bahuguna said at the Sem Mukhem Mela in Tehri district on Tuesday that 37,000 vacant posts in the State Government would be filled through direct recruitment, and 1,100 posts in Uttarakhand Police would also be filled.
Bahuguna also said that he would give orders for the implementation of announcements made by him in the area earlier as soon as he returns from Delhi.
Besides this, he announced a trauma centre for the Pratapnagar area and metalling of the Kautar-Deengaon- Mukhem motor road. Speaking about the demand for backward status to be granted to the area, he said that a survey was being conducted by the DM.
The Government would work extensively on the status of the backward class. On the occasion, lakhs of devotees sought blessings after offering prayers at Sem Mukhem temple. The CM's son and Congress leader Saket Bahuguna also drew the attention of the Chief
Minister to the demands of Pratapnagar residents and demanded construction of an inspection bungalow of the forest department at Mukhem Madbagisad, and allocation of funds for repairing schools damaged in the disaster.
He placed a demand to build a mini stadium in Mukhem Madbagisad and said that he did not have a political but familial relationship with Uttarakhand. The local MlA Vikram Singh Negi asked the CM to set up an agricultural scientific centre at Mukhem, Herbs Research Centre and a girls’ school in Jakhand. He also placed a demand for a polytechnic in Kandikhal. Garhwali folk singer Narendra Singh Negi performed during the fair.