More Funds For Urban Bodies, Panchayats in Uttaranchal

The Hindu,
New Delhi, 17th August 2005.

The Uttaranchal Chief Minister, Narayan Dutt Tiwari, has announced an additional grant of Rs 100 crores each to village Panchayats and Urban local bodies to accelerate the pace of development.

“Funds have been provided and it is now up to the elected Panchayat representatives, local population and the officials to frame need based schemes and implement them so that the rural and Urban areas develop in the right direction,” the Chief Minister Said.

Describing Panchayats as real time progress tools, Mr. Tiwari Said that honest efforts in the right direction with public participation would help achieve the true “swaraj” dreams of Mahatma Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

The Government has also raised the grant from Rs. 15 Crores to Rs 25 Crores Under the Vir Chandra Singh Gharwali Tourism Self Employment Scheme to enable more local youths to become partners in the development of Uttaranchal as a tourism destination, he said.
Mr. Tiwari wanted boys and girls to equip themselves with the latest hospitality skills and provide a fine blend of the modern facilities at a reasonable price so that the number of tourists increased. More business means more profits, he said.

Referring to herbal medicine as the tool for health care in the coming days, Mr. Tiwari wanted the people to take to farming and processing medicinal plants in a big way.

“You have the natural resource, climate and the human resource, all that is needed is a dedicated move to tap the potential”, he said.

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