Pushkar Singh Dhami: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has sent congratulations and best wishes to the countrymen including the Prime Minister on Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 12 consecutive years of tenure at the Centre. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that the dream of a strong, capable and self-respecting India is coming true under the leadership of the Prime Minister. Besides, under the guidance of the Prime Minister, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand is also fulfilling the resolve of Navodaya.
In his message, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that India is developing rapidly today under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Four crore permanent houses under PM Awas Yojana, free ration every month to 81 crore people, free treatment facility to 60 crore people under Ayushman Bharat and guarantee free money loan of Rs 40 lakh crore – all this can only be done by a man like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated to Antyodaya. He said that in the first seven decades of independence, only 3.2 crore houses in the country were getting tap water supply, now this figure has increased more than four times to 16 crore. Till 2014, only 5 cities of the country were connected with metro train, now the number of these cities has increased to 26. The metro rail network has also increased from 248 kilometers to 1155 kilometers.
India leading the world
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today India is providing leadership to the world in every field. 56 percent of the world’s total digital transactions are taking place in India alone. India, which was once dependent on foreign countries for its defense needs, is today touching new heights in the field of defense production and exports. From space to artificial intelligence, startups to semiconductor manufacturing, India is writing new chapters of self-reliance. The Chief Minister said that fulfilling his resolve of praising women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given permanent commission to women in the army. In Operation Sindoor, this women power of India overpowered the enemy country. Once the country was a victim of externally sponsored terrorism as well as the Naxal terror growing within the country, today the country has the courage to decisively control Naxal violence as well as target the terrorist structures located across the border.
Uttarakhand became the biggest beneficiary
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the national vision of a developed India which is taking shape under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, its impact is visible in every state of the country. Uttarakhand is a strong example of this. He said that the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proved to be worthy of being written in golden letters for Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. Today, with the cooperation of the Central Government, work on development projects worth more than Rs 2 lakh crore is going on in Uttarakhand. The Chardham All Weather Road project is progressing rapidly, while the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, built at a cost of Rs 13 thousand crore, has reduced both the distance and time between Delhi-Dehradun. Chief Minister Dhami said that with the cooperation of the Central Government, work is currently going on on important projects like Sitarganj-Tanakpur, Paonta Sahib-Dehradun, Bhaniyawala-Rishikesh, Kathgodam-Lalkuan-Haldwani Bypass and Rudrapur Bypass.
Rail dream close to coming true
Chief Minister Dhami said that due to the special efforts of the Prime Minister, today the Rishikesh-Karnprayag Rail Project is rapidly moving towards completion, apart from this, the Central Government has approved the Tanakpur-Bageshwar Rail Line Project. 11 railway stations of the state are being given a modern look under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. He said that air services in Uttarakhand have also strengthened during the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Jolly Grant, Pantnagar and Pithoragarh airports have been expanded with the help of the Central Government. Under the UDAN scheme, 18 heliports are being developed in the state, out of which services have started at 12. While there were only two heliports in the state till the year 2022, today their number has increased to seven. The number of helipads has also almost doubled to 118.
New identity for spiritual tourism
In his message, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the ropeway network is being expanded in Uttarakhand through the Parvat Range Project with the cooperation of the Central Government. Ropeway projects from Gaurikund to Kedarnath and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib will give a new direction to tourism and pilgrimage in the state. Along with Chardham, revival and redevelopment of ancient temples of Uttarakhand is also being given priority. Kedarnath and Badrinath Dham redevelopment projects and Manaskhand Mandir Mala Mission are excellent examples of this. He said that with the cooperation of the Central Government, work is going on on Jamrani, Song and Lakhwad multipurpose projects, which will provide long-term benefits in the fields of irrigation, drinking water and energy. The work of AIIMS Satellite Center has started in Kichha. The country’s first heli ambulance service has been launched at AIIMS Rishikesh, which is an innovative initiative in the field of emergency health services.
The Chief Minister said that today we have all entered the Amritkaal of developed India, in such a situation it is the responsibility of every citizen of Uttarakhand to become an active participant in this transformation journey. Only then, under the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister, India will be able to become a developed, self-reliant and guiding nation by the year 2047.