Harish Rawat led Uttarakhand Government has completed its one year on Sunday. Although officially Chief Minister Media in charge Surender Kumar said that CM Rawat has taken several public welfare decisions. Including restoration work at Kedar valley and successfully conducted Char Dham Yatra, Nanda Rajjat yatra and conducted three days long Assembly session at Gairsain of Chamoli district.
To restore the Kedar valley in its old grandeur, more than 200 people are working day in temperatures as low as -5 degrees celcius at Kedarnath, presently with bureaucrats also making visits. Despite challenging conditions, a helipad was constructed to facilitate the landing of an MI 26 helicopter near Kedarnath to ferry heavy machinery. With this constructed we managed to ferry heavy machinery with the help of land Mi-26 helicopter at Kedar valley and now we would achieve our desire result in lesser than the proposed time.
Talking to The Pioneer, Kumar said that in last one year State Government has given full emphasis on reconstruction of Kedar valley, managed to conduct Nanda Raj Jat Yatra and char dham yatra peacefully, started winter Char Dham Yatra, mid-day meal of old age women, launched ‘Mera ped mera dhan’ (my tree my wealth) schemes, under which we are going to plant one crore sapling in the State.
If anyone sow sapling and protect the tree for next three years then State would give Rs300 per tree as FD to the person from five years since sapling. Even state government is going to increase the area of fodder with the help of Van Panchayat.
The State Government has started “Mera Gaon- Mera Dhan”, ‘Kisaan Samman Pension Scheme’, ‘ Hamari Kanya Hamara Samman’, CM’s Swasthya Beema Yojna’, ‘ Shilp Unnayan Sansthan’, ‘Hamara Pedh Humara Samman’, CM Mahila Satat Aajeevika Scheme, Uttarakhand Grameen Paryatan Uthan Scheme, Teelu Rauteli specisl pension scheme, good governance, Rajeev Gandhi Abhinav Awasiya Abhinav School, State food security project and other projects has already begun, Kumar added.