Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Plans Big Projects for Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami of Uttarakhand has directed officials to create a timeline for ongoing projects, aiming for completion within two years. He specifically mentioned that the convention center being constructed in Laltappad should be completed by July 2026. This center is planned to span about 57 acres.
Dhami was speaking at a meeting of the Department of Industries and the State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand (SIDCUL) at the Secretariat. He also stressed the need to expedite the construction of the film city in Dehradun, for which 107 acres of land have been identified.
Additionally, he highlighted the progress on the construction of flattened factories in Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar, and Selaqui. Currently, flattened factories are being developed on five lakh square feet of land in Haridwar.
The Chief Minister directed the officials to keep the departments related to infrastructure development and technical efficiency in the same area. He emphasized that work should be done according to the objectives for which the IT Park was established and special efforts should be made to promote industries in hilly areas.
Dhami also directed that arrangements should be made under the Private Industrial Estate Policy to avoid unnecessary delays in land use changes. He stressed the importance of promoting industries rapidly in hilly areas and the rapid development of Rural Business Incubators to connect youth and women with self-employment.
It was informed in the meeting that about 50 thousand people have got employment under the Chief Minister’s Self-Employment Scheme. Dhami directed that this scheme should be promoted widely so that people get maximum benefit from it. He also suggested adding the Chief Minister Self-Employment Scheme Nano to the existing scheme and proposed increasing the budget if necessary.
To double the state’s GDP by 2028, a target of investing 90 thousand crores has been set in the manufacturing sector by 2028, while the target of 01 lakh 26 thousand crores is likely to be achieved. The Chief Minister said that for industrial development, work should also be done based on best practices of other states.
