Friday, 19 November 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the concluding program of Uttarakhand Mahotsav 2021. It was organized by Uttarakhand Mahaparishad at Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Cultural Auditorium, Birbal Sahni Marg on the second day of Lucknow tour. He was given a grand welcome by a thousand of migrant Uttarakhandis. During his address in the program, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that he had asked the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath to divide it like it is between a younger and an elder brother, and not between two states and that he accepted their point wholeheartedly. He expressed his gratitude to Adityanath and said that the issues which could not be resolved for more than two decades, have been resolved by mutual consent. He further said that the welfare schemes are being run in the state for women empowerment, youth and people belonging to every field. Dhami said that recently the state government has started several welfare schemes including Covid-19 package of 600 crores, Ghasiyari Yojana, Vatsalya Yojana as well as Mahalaxmi Yojana. He also informed about the Kedarnath-Badrinath reconstruction work, All Weather Road, Rishikesh-Karnprayag Rail Project, Tanakpur Bageshwar Rail Project, one lakh crore schemes including AIIMS Satellite Center in Kumaon.
During this, the Chief Minister announced a grant of 21 lakhs to organize the Uttarakhand festival more grandly. Apart from this, he announced award of Rupees two thousand to all the artists in Uttarakhand Mahotsav, sending proposal to the Central Government for running Lucknow to Ramnagar train and the establishment of a cell at Uttarakhand Bhawan Gomti Nagar to solve the problems related to Uttarakhand in future. In the program thousands of migrant Uttarakhandis including political higher ups were also present.
