Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami met PM Modi
Uttarakhand : Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday and invited him to inaugurate the Global Investment Conference being held in Dehradun on December 8 and 9, 2023. The Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Shri Modi for the guidance and cooperation given during the evacuation of workers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel. The Chief Minister said that it is only by the Prime Minister providing all the necessary resources and human assistance for this, as well as continuously monitoring this critical situation and boosting the morale of the people, workers and their families associated with this campaign, that we will be able to save our labor brothers from this serious crisis. Have been successful in bringing it back safely.
अंत्योदय एवं ग़रीब कल्याण के प्रति सदैव समर्पित, इकोलॉजी, इकोनॉमी एवं टेक्नोलॉजी के बेहतर समन्वय से नए भारत के शिल्पकार, ‘सशक्त मातृशक्ति व सक्षम युवाशक्ति’ के संकल्प को मूर्त रूप देने वाले, विश्व के सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय नेता आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी से आज नई दिल्ली… pic.twitter.com/73ofkADhG4
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) December 2, 2023
The Chief Minister discussed various issues related to the state with the Prime Minister. The Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister for including the Jamrani Dam Project in the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana and accepting Rs. 1730.21 crore. Along with this, he requested approval of Rs 2460 crore as financial assistance for capital expenditure of Song Dam Drinking Water Project and financial assistance of Rs 3000 crore as special financial assistance for upgradation of Jolly Grant Airport. The Chief Minister requested to establish All India Ayurveda Institute in Rishikul Ayurvedic College campus, Haridwar and to include Uttarakhand in the Kiwi Feasibility Study being run in collaboration with New Zealand.
The Chief Minister said 508 km for the development of Manaskhand Mandir Mala Project and easy travel to Pithoragarh. Approval of Rs 1000 crore with approval of 20 DPR for the road and 03 state roads Kathgodam-Bhimtal Dhyanchuli- Khetikhan-Lohaghat-Pancheshwar motor road, ‘Mohan-Bhatronjkhan-Bhikiyasain-Deghat-Bungidhar Nagchulakhal-Mehalchauri motor road,’ Khairna- Requested to declare Ranikhet-Bhatronjkhan motor road as a national highway.
The Chief Minister asked the Prime Minister to approve the three tunnel projects of Jolingkong-Bedang 5 km, Sipu-Tola 22 km and Milam Lapthal 30 km in Kumaon and to fully finance the Tanakpur-Bageshwar Railway Scheme as a national project. Approval requested. He requested the Prime Minister to take immediate action to the Airport Authority of India for operation of fixed wing aircraft from Naini-Saini Airport, expansion of Pantnagar Airport and establishment of Government Ayurveda College and Research Center in Kumaon region.
