Chief Minister Harish Rawat asked the officials concerned to effectively monitor and execute the watershed management projects, including centrally funded, foreign aided and State sectors funded ones, at the district, division and state levels. “There is an urgent need to constitute a monitoring committee at the state-level with immediate effect. local people, stake holders and technical experts should be involved in it. Rural and regional development projects should be executed on the ground and the benefit should reach out to the local people,” he said while holding a review meeting of watershed management department.
The CM instructed the officials concerned to prepare catalogue of the projects under watershed management and provide copies to the local MlAs as well. “ If we manage to harvest at least 20 percent of rain water it would be great achievement for the state,” he said while stressing on water preservation and land conservation.
CM asked them to prepare their imagings as well. “If the water current and its flow are rightly assessed ponds or trenches can be made to save water. Database of the villages not yet benefited by the projects should be prepared. Besides, the place for the plantation should be identified. Bachhuwabaan to Choukhutia Tun plantation area should be developed and in forest areas plantation of Kingauda, Bhimal, Ghingharu, Hisol, Mehal, Bedu and plum plants should be done,” he said .
He asked them to take care of Mandua, Jhangora and Gehat to help the wild life get food within forest cover. He also instructed them to develop 10 Kafal and 10 Burance parks.
Forest officials were asked to protect local produce with the help of villagers while CM stressed on Rambaans being sown in the low lying areas and precautionary measure to stop spreading of pine tree.
To promote hilly agriculture, he asked them to provide to the people hand held tractor, power triller and Mandua thresser under livelihood mission. To promote animal husbandary and dairy development, he laid emphasis on health camps being organized. “With this equipment, the women would be able to make best use of the dairy produce,” he said. He also asked them to orgnaise coference of federation and said that he would personally attend such meeting to understand their problem and consider suggestions as well.
The meeting was attended by parliamentary secretary Madan Bisht, Ganesh Godiyal and chief minsiter’s principal advisor Ranjeet Rawat, chief secretary Shatrughan singh, secretary Anand Vardhan, Amit Negi, DS Garbyal, CS Napalchayal and additioanl secretary Vinay Shankar Pandey.