Marking completion of one year in office, the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat reiterated the State Government’s commitment to making Uttarakhand a corruption-free State.
The CM exhorted the public to support the Government to eradicate corruption from the State. Rawat also announced that a model laboratory will be established within one month for cancer and cardiac patients. Further, correctional measures will be taken on all accident prone roads within one year. By April, the 108-ambulance service will have 111 additional ambulances, he added. Rawat also flagged off mobile food testing labs launched in the State on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering at a programme held on Parade Ground to mark the Bharatiya Janata Party Government’s one year in office here on Sunday, the CM informed the people about the various decisions and actions taken by his Government during the past one year.
In his address which lasted for about 20 minutes, Rawat presented the State Government’s good governance model and reiterated that strict action will be taken against corruption. He informed about the steps taken in the past year in various sectors including rural development, medical, law and order, women empowerment, information technology, water conservation, electrification, sanitation and education among others.
He also shared his developmental vision for the State on the occasion. “We had promised to make Uttarakhand a developed, transparent and corruption-free State. The results of our efforts are becoming visible. Comapred to the past five years, the previous year saw a drop in the incidents of murder and other types of crimes. With fiscal discipline and good governance, we will develop a new Uttarakhand,” he said. Due to fiscal discipline, there had been a rise in revenue including that of Rs180 crore in power department, Rs50 crore in transport department and about 28 per cent in the mining sector.
Stating that migration is a major problem for the State, he said that the rural development and migration commission had surveyed all villages and would bring out its report on April 15. The Union minister of State, Ajay Tamta, MPs and former CMs BC Khanduri, Bhagat Singh Koshyari and BJP state president Ajay Bhatt also expressed their views on the occasion.
The programme also saw appointment letters being presented to 369 doctors. Further, cheques for Rsone lakh each were presented to beneficiaries of the Deendayal Upadhyay Kisan Kalyan Yojana. As part of the scheme for developing Government schools into model schools with smart classes, the CM also presented projectors to principals of Government inter colleges of Bageshwar and Deval.
On the occasion, the sum of Rs33 crore for Asha workers, which was pending since 2012 was also released. For commendable performance in the Swachchhta Suvekshan, the Herbertpur Nagar Panchayat chairperson Beena Sharma, Mussoorie municipal council chairman Manmohan Mall and Rudrapur mayor Soni Koli. Government scheme beneficiaries were also provided e-rickshaws and electricity connections on the occasion. Cabinet Ministers Prakash Pant, Madan Kaushik, Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Subodh Uniyal, Arvind Pandey, Yashpal Arya, ministers of state Dhan Singh Rawat and Rekha Arya along with MlAs and senior government officials were also among those present at the occasion.