Hundreds of people from the Rath region in Pauri district attended a multi-purpose camp organised in the remote area of Bungidhar in Thalisain, presided over by the Srinagar MlA and Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee chairman Ganesh Godiyal.
Those who participated in the camp registered their grievances. The problems of the people were redressed by the departments concerned on the spots, officials said. The villagers from Rath area submitted application particularly for different pension schemes and Gauri Devi Kanya Dhan Yojana during the camp.
District magistrate Chandra Bhatt instructed the officials concerned to act promptly on the applications. Godiyal explained different development schemes launched by the Uttarakhand government to those gathered at the camp and asked them to avail these schemes. The Rath area is relatively wealthy in resources. The people should work hard to use them to acquire prosperity, he said. He directed the DM to bring this area under OBC category, given its under-development. The development camps should be organised once every six months so that the people of the remote areas could be acquainted with the Government schemes.
The stalls pitched by different departments provided the people with information of the governmental schemes. A medical camp was also held in the multipurpose development camp by the health department where over hundred patients were examined by the doctors and given medicines, free of cost. Different techniques of agriculture meant to enhance production were explained to the villagers from the remote areas.
Besides, they dwelt on different diseases afflicting domestic animals. District magistrate said that this remote area is on path of progress thanks to the efforts of the MlA Godiyal. We all should make efforts for development and this will lead progress not only for the area but whole of Uttarakhand, he said Block Prumukh Thallisain Shiv Singh Gusain, chief development officer Sonika and all other district level officers of the department were present during the camp.