Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat is arriving here on Sunday. He will meet the UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and discuss the division of assets of different government department between the two states pending for the last 17 years. The hill state of Uttarakhand was carved out of UP in November 200. This will be the first meeting between the two chief ministers after they took oath of office in March this year.
Official sources said the UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath is to visit Delhi on Sunday and likely to return to state capital same day. If his return is delayed that the he is likely to meet the Uttarakhand chief minister on Monday. Both the chief ministers of UP and Uttarakhand are native of Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Trivendra Singh Rawat will also participate in the concluding day function of the people of Uttarakhand settled here. A team of officials including the chief secretary of Uttarakhand will accompany the chief minister of the hill state.
The issue of division and control of assets between the two states like the Ganges canal network originating from Rishikesh in Garwhal region of UTtarakhand and dams. The division of the assets and control of the units of the UP housing and development board and some other departments is pending for the last 17 years. In the past five years during the previous Samajwadi Party regime in UP led by Akhilesh Yadav and the Congress regime in Uttarakhand headed by Harish Rawat both the leaders had met to solve the vexed issue of division of assets but the issue remain unresolved. Sources said the prospects of the amicable settlements of the vexed issue are now bright as not only the government in both the states are headed by the same party, the government at the Centre is also headed by the BJP. Union home ministry as per the `UP state reorganisation Act 2000’, is the sole arbiter in case of dispute between the two states.