Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved several major development schemes in the state for the financial year 2024-25. The projects approved include the strengthening of infrastructure, education, health services, and water supply. The total budget for eight significant schemes under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India, is Rs 20 crore. Such projects will bring positive changes across different sectors and improve the lives of Uttarakhand residents.
Uttarakhand State Development Initiatives
The state government, led by chief minister Dhami, emphasizes the construction and development of basic infrastructure, which in this case is primarily education, health, and road infrastructure. A series of major projects were sanctioned, and each was expected to enhance welfare activities and local connectivity.
1. Education: New Buildings
Chief Minister sanctioned Rs 450 lakh for the newly acquired academic buildings at the Government Degree College, Dockpathar under the Vikasnagar block of Dehradun district. This will cover a specially built administrative offices and commerce faculty and an arts faculty. This is the biggest step toward giving educational facilities in the region, which will provide a good learning environment to students.
2. Health Care Development: Health centers upgraded
In the health sector, CM Dhami has sanctioned Rs 323.69 lakh for road development projects that will enhance access to key health facilities. This includes the upgradation of the Primary Health Center in Bhatwadi (Uttarkashi district) into a 50-bed sub-district hospital. This is going to enhance accessibility to health services and better medical facilities for the people of Uttarakhand, mainly in remote areas.
3. Road and Footpath Development
Several road development projects have been sanctioned under the development plan. A sum of Rs 572.04 lakh has been sanctioned for the construction of a new footpath from Rambada to Garudchatti in the Kedarnath assembly constituency. Besides, Rs 431.99 lakh has been sanctioned for laying new pipelines in the Kaulagarh zone of Dehradun district, which is an issue related to dilapidated infrastructure.
The Chief Minister also sanctioned Rs 323.69 lakh for the resurfacing and asphalting of a 1 km stretch of motor road from Matiyali to the Kaliri Temple and a 10 km stretch of the Mauna-Lweshal Kalapatal road in the Nainital district. These roads are critical for enhancing regional connectivity, especially for the residents who live in the hill stations and nearby towns.
4. Water Supply Projects: Increasing Accessibility
In several water supply projects, some construction works are to be done as part of the measures to enhance infrastructural developments in Uttarakhand toward sustainable access. This comprises an allocation for Rs 412.60 lakh towards the construction and distribution of tube wells system along with any auxiliary works in Doon Enclave Extension, Dehradun district. The government authorized Rs 200 lakh as a sanctioned amount for the construction of Ekta Vihar Drinking Water Scheme for development of water supply in Raipur Assembly constituency.
This investment of Rs 258.60 lakh in the replacement of an existing sewerage system at Kumhar Mandi and similar localities is testimony to how much the government feels invested in sanitation and appropriate disposal in Dehradun.
5. Saluting Heroes: Naming a College after a Fallen Soldier
The chief minister announced infrastructural development, and, simultaneously, there’s an announcement to rename the Government Inter College at Ratighat in Nainital after the fallen soldier Sanjay Bisht. Such moves pay respect to local heroes’ efforts and hail gallant soldiers of Uttarakhand to martyrdom.
Conclusion: Towards A New Better Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is going to give these sanctioning approvals, which marks a big step forward to all-round development in the state of Uttarakhand. In the sectors related to education, health care, transportation, and the water supply, these projects are going to see so many improvements both in urban as well as rural areas. A great pledge, that people could live in a more integrated prosperous environment with better health shall arise on committing this by the state.
These projects will not only open scopes for further growth but also ensure development and higher standards of living along with many more opportunities for the people in Uttarakhand. It is a declaration from the CM, sanctioning the amount of Rs 20 crores to these schemes which marks a statement of public welfare by the state, envisioning the bright and sustainable future into its mainstream.
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