Friday, 13 OCTOBER 2023  | PNS | DEHRADUN

The projects that were inaugurated and dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister include 76 rural roads and 25 bridges built in rural areas under PMGSY; 15 buildings of BDO offices in nine districts; Upgradation of three roads built under central Road fund viz Kausani- Bageshwar Road,  Dhari-Dauba-Giricheena Road and Nagala-Kiccha Road;  upgradation of two roads on National Highways viz Almora Petshal – Panuwanaula – Danya (NH 309B) and Tanakpur – Chalthi (NH 125); three projects related to Drinking water viz 38 pumping drinking water schemes,  419 gravity based water supply schemes and three tube wells based water supply schemes;  Tharkot artificial lake in Pithoragarh; 132 KV Pithoragarh-Lohaghat (Champawat) Power Transmission Line; 39 bridges across Uttarakhand and Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) building in Dehradun built under the World Bank funded Uttrakhand Disaster Recovery Project.

The projects whose foundation stones were laid include a scheme for construction of 21,398 poly-house, which will help in increasing the production of flowers and vegetables and improving their quality; a scheme for cultivation of high-density intensive apple orchards; five projects for NH road upgradation; multiple steps for disaster preparedness and resilience in the state viz construction of bridges, upgradation of State emergency operation centre in Dehradun, steps for prevention of landslide in  Balianala, Nainital  and improvement in other infrastructure related to fire, health and forest; development of hostels and computer labs in 20 model degree college across state;  100 bedded sub district hospital at Someshwar, Almora; 50 bedded hospital block in Champawat;  Astroturf Hockey Ground at Haldwani Stadium, Nainital; Velodrome Stadium at Rudrapur; Manaskhand Mandir Mala Mission Scheme for  infrastructure development in temples including Jageshwar Dham (Almora), Haat Kalika (Pithoragarh) and Naina Devi (Nainital) temples.