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Dehradun, 03 August (HS). Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday participated in the tree plantation program organized on the occasion of folk festival 'Harela' at Shri Gururam Rai Inter College in Mothorwala. On this occasion, he gave the message of environmental protection by planting saplings.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that today Harela festival is being celebrated in the whole country along with Uttarakhand. In Sanatan culture, there is a tradition of worshiping nature as mother. We worship nature in some form or the other, Harela festival is also a festival of serving nature. He said that conservation of our heritage and nature is necessary. Harela festival is a festival to take a pledge to preserve nature. Trees and plants are an integral part of our life. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the entire countrymen to plant “one tree in the name of mother”.
The Chief Minister said that smooth traffic and market areas are being developed in Dehradun city. In the coming time, after the construction of Dehradun-Delhi elevated road, the number of tourists in Dehradun and nearby cities will increase rapidly. In Dehradun, the work of widening of Mehuwala main road from Prince Chowk to Saharanpur Chowk and shifting of Aadhat Bazaar, widening of road from Indresh Hospital to Kargi Chowk is in progress. Work is in progress for drinking water supply in Mehuwala cluster area at a cost of 72 crores. Work of sewer line and drainage is in progress in Dehrakhas, Vidyavihar, area between Bindal river and Rispana river and other areas at a cost of 600 crores. Work is going on at the Restcamp and Bhandaribag flyover at a cost of 37 crores.
The Chief Minister said that under the Namami Gange scheme, work is going on on a sewer treatment plant with a capacity of 15 MLD in Mothorwala area of Dehradun. He said that with the inspiration of Prime Minister Modi, all development works are progressing rapidly.
He said that we have to protect the trees along with planting them. The state government is moving ahead on the path of development with the coordination of ecology and economy. We are assessing the carrying capacity of the cities located in the hilly areas of the state. These areas will be developed on this basis. He said that the work of safe evacuation of devotees stranded on the Kedarnath Yatra route has been done rapidly.
Haridwar MP Trivendra Singh Rawat said that today Harela festival is celebrated as a social festival in the entire state. The folk festival of Uttarakhand has taken a wider form, the society has accepted this festival. We have to plant trees for ourselves and the coming generation. It is wrong to blame trees for forest fires, it is the duty of all of us to protect the trees.
MLA Vinod Chamoli, outgoing mayor Sunil Uniyal Gama, former cabinet minister Dinesh Agarwal, state general secretary BJP Aditya Kothari, metropolitan president Siddharth Agarwal, divisional president Vinod Pundir, Saurabh Thapliyal and other public representatives were present in the program.