Industrial scenario in the Himalayan State brightening up fast, the State Government sought to impress the delegation led by Yashvardhan Birla on the favourable atmosphere prevailing in Uttarakhand for new industries to come up.
Exuding interest to invest in the State, the high-profile delegation met Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the State Government officials told the delgation that there was a huge scope for investment in multiple sectors with tourism, health and sports leading the list.
The CM on his part assured the Birla group delegation that the State Government, eager for investment, would do everything to facilitate the investors. During the meeting, CM asked the Chief Secretary to make the required arrangements like providing them with suitable lands in Chamoli and Munsyari in view of the Birla group being interested to invest in the field of the cultivation of medicinal plants.
He also asked the Birla group delegation to help the state bettering infrastructure for sports. Birla later disclosed that he had visited the under- construction stadium in Dehradun and had been impressed with the state government having provided all kinds of modern facilities there.
CM also stressed on the group developing tourism and entertainment spots with the help of forest department while assuring full assistance from the end of the state government.
CM further said that his government is eager to get the industrial houses to invest in the education sector.
Talks proving fruitful, he asked the chief secretary and the district magistrates to help the Birla group in identifying land for the construction of new schools in the remote areas of the state.
Besides, CM instructed the principal secretary health to take help of the Birla group in developing two giant hospitals in Narendranagar and Roorkee.
He said that the hospitals already existing there can be upgraded too with the assistance of the group.
He stressed on the health service in Rishikesh, Kashipur, Khatima and Roorkee being improved through fresh recruitment of doctors with the help of the Birla group.
Aside from the CM and the chief secretary Shatrughan Singh, the principal secretary health Omprakash was present at the meeting.