Uttarakhand: 22 buildings to be demolished for infrastructure works in Badrinath

DEHRADUN

: Under the phase 1 of the Badrinath Master Plan, the

Uttarakhand Cabinet

, which met on Monday evening, has approved the shifting of 22 buildings of nine government departments in Badrinath. For this purpose, the buildings would be demolished and after the identification of land, new office buildings would be constructed.


The buildings of nine government departments – Nagar Panchayat Badrinath, revenue department, police department, Jal Sansthan,

Jal Nigam

, PWD, GMOU Limited, Tourism department and temple committee – would be impacted in the project. Through the development activities, the government aims to develop Badrinath as a Smart Spiritual Hill Town.

Sources said that the cabinet has also approved a proposal to form a Project Management Committee for Kedarnath and Badrinath.

The cabinet has approved Rs 16.17 crore for the salary payment and other expenses of the

Uttarakhand Transport Corporation

employees.

The Monsoon session of Uttarakhand assembly would start from August 23 and the government would table a Supplementary Budget in the House.

Also, in a major decision, the Dhami-led cabinet has stopped the demolition of Maleen Bastis (slums) for three years. In 2018, the then CM Trivendra Singh Rawat had passed similar orders for three years and with the time limit drawing to an end this year, a three-year extension was given. There are over 550 slums in Uttarakhand in which lakhs of people reside. Now, the demolition has been stopped till 2024.

The Cabinet has approved 70 posts for the Nursing College coming up in the Bazpur area of Udham Singh Nagar district.

For matters related to commercial issues, the Cabinet has approved a Commercial Court in Haldwani area of Nainital district and approved a total of nine posts for it.

There are four categories of guest teachers in degree colleges of Uttarakhand. While three of the categories got Rs 35,000 per month, one category was given Rs 25,000. The cabinet approved a proposal to give all the four categories a payment of Rs 35,000 per month.

The financial eligibility limit for widow pension has been raised from Rs 15,000 per year to Rs 48,000 per year.

For the 25 liquor vends, which are yet to be awarded, the Cabinet has decided to give them 50% of the set revenue target for the financial year 2021-22.
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