The President of the Uttarakhand Cooperative Silk Federation, Pt Dhanshyam Sharma, along with other members, met Chief Minister Harish Rawat at the Bijapur Guest House, on Wednesday. They also submitted a memorandum containing several problems being faced by UCSF to him.
They mentioned about the difficulties being faced by the state’s cocoon producers in obtaining cash payments for lack of a budget during open auction of cocoons; sought allocation of increased funds for the budget to strengthen the Federation; creation of posts to carry out work of the Silk Federation; and the need to transfer the Silk Park Building on the Premnagar-Dehradun road.
The CM was informed that in the 2007-8 meeting of the Federation’s Management Board, the Uttarakhand Government had proposed establishing a Silk Park under the planned revamp of the Silk Federation.
The Government accepted this proposal and a silk park was constructed in Premnagar, Dehradun ath an expenditure of `244 crore.
But even after 3-4 years of the construction the Park, it had not been handed over. The federation is facing problem in its functioning, as a result.
The CM heard their problems and assured speedy solutions. Present at the meeting were Ramesh Chandra Panwar, Abdul Razzak, Mohammed Anwar, Kunwar Singh, Shankar Chandra Bhatt and Satyapal.