Various developmental works were dedicated to the public and foundation stones were unveiled for other such work, all amounting in total cost to Rs 92.78 crore in the Dharmpur Vidhan Sabha constituenciey area. The inauguration of the developmental works and unveiling of foundation stones was done by the Chief Minister Harish Rawat and Cabinet Minister, who is the also Dharmpur MlA, Dinesh Aggarwal at a programme organised in Banjarawala area of the constituency in Dehradun on Sunday.
These works include those worth about Rs 14.91 crore which were dedicated to the public and other developmental works with an estimated cost of about Rs 77.87 crore for which the foundation stones were unveiled on the occasion. The schemes which were inaugurated on the occasion include four of the Public Works Department and six of the Jal Sansthan department wheras foundation stones were unveiled for works including eight of the PWD, two of the power department and three of the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) among others. The Chief Minister also made an announcement of an additional Rs 8 crore for tarring of the roads, improving the condition of drains and other civic works in the area on the occasion.
Addressing the local residents gathered on the occasion, the Chief Minister opined that a considerable level of developmental works had been undertaken in the Dharmpur Vidhan Sabha constituency area for which the Cabinet Minister Dinesh Aggarwal deserves the credit. The enthusiastic presence and number of the people in the programme in Banjarawala also substantiate the appreciable level of development achieved in Dehradun especially during the past two years. The CM told the gathering that Uttarakhand had become the State to provide the maximum types of social security pensions to the citizens with the number of pension beneficiaries increasing from about 1.74 lakh to more than seven lakh. He said, “We have increased the amount of pension from Rs 400 to Rs 1,000. We have now also decided to proportionately introduce an increase of Rs 500 to the pension provided to people aged above 65 years. Social security pensions are being provided to widows, old age citizens, abandoned women, wife of differently abled person with social security to the people affected by dwarfism. We have worked to benefit every section of society and every sector in the State.”
Rawat further claimed that the State Government is about to provide employment to about 30,000 youth this year with 16,000 of these jobs already having been provided. Speaking on the occasion, the Cabinet Minister averred that the State had and will continue to facilitate development. Ownership rights will also be accorded to dwellers of slum settlements. About 35,000 residential units are also being constructed under the Jan Awas Yojana, he claimed. Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyay was also among those present on the occasion.