Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who took oath as ninth Chief Minister of the State on March 18, is going to complete its 100 days on June 25. Since its inception, he has started a crusade against corruption and referred the NH-74 scam to CBI and even CBI has accepted it. State rural has become open defecation free (ODF), which was announced by the Union Minister here in Dehradun a few days ago. He has announced that up to Rs 5 crore contract will be given to only son of the soil. To celebrate 100 days, the Chief Minister is going to make public address here in Dehradun on Sunday. In which he will give his report card of 100 days to the public.
Immediately after assuming the office, the CM gave clear directions to the officers that roads, electricity, water, health and education were the top most priorities of Government. Basic infrastructure facilities have significant contribution in the development of any State. The Union Government fully cooperated in this regard. As a result, a project has been started to connect important places with rail services. Firstly, Rishikesh to Karanparyag railway line has been extended to Badrinath due to consistent efforts of the State. A direct rail line between Muzaffarnagar-Deoband is going to complete soon. This rail project will be milestone in the development of Uttarakhand because people who come to Char Dham will reap its benefits in future too. The Centre has decided to open regional office of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Dehradun to give job-oriented training to local youth and boost their employment opportunities. This is the first time when regional office of this Ministry will be opened out of Delh Rawat Govt’s 100 days in office with key achievements To ensure the ongoing project should not face financial crunch, the State Government has allocated additional Rs 250 crore apart from the regular budget to the PWD, Jal Sansthan, Irrigation, Rural Engineering Departments. Motive of providing extra budget to these departments is that ongoing work should not be interrupted in case of small projects. PWD has been directed that bridges and roads to be constructed with this additional budget while Jal Sansthan and Drinking Water Department have been directed to construct big multipurpose water bodies in District Pauri, Pithoragarh, Almora, Dehradun, Nainital. Drinking Water and Irrigation problems in these regions will be resolved through these efforts.
First time since 2000, the State transferred more than 200 doctors to hilly region at stretch. The State is going to start recruitment procedure for the post of 200 doctors soon. Medical Selection Board is working in this regard. Reacting positively to the proposal of the State Government, the Army has agreed in principle to take over Shrinagar Medical College.
The State Government has decided that small loan up to one lakh will be provided to small and marginal farmers at the interest rate as low as 2 per cent. The State Government has resolved to increase the income of farmers. Farmers can go for their small start-ups like Floriculture, food processing, horticulture, vegetable production under this scheme. In an ambitious but achievable resolve, Chief Minister Rawat directed the officials to provide houses to all by 2021. Also, it has been resolved that electricity will be available to every village by 2017, to every “tok” by 2018, to every house by 2019. The State Government has aim to provide gas connection to those BPl families which could not get benefit of Ujjawala scheme.
The Union Government has in principle approved the loan of Rs 819.20 crore from ADB for the development of power sector of the State. This fund will be milestone in the energy development sector. Power projects of 173.5 MW will be completed timely. Ring road will be available in Dehradun, Haldwani and Haridwar. long awaited Kandi road will be opened for the connectivity of Garhwal and Kumaun. The Government of India has approved to make 22 roads to national highway.
With the help of the Central Government, three important institutions as NIFT, Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) and a hospitality university are going to be established in the State soon, Along with, an IT Park is also being established in collaboration with the Central Government.