Uttarakhand: Chief Minister inaugurated the Swarnim Amrit Sandesh Yatra, Dhami said – Swarnim Amrit Sandesh Yatra will inspire people to change their lifestyle towards the environment.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday inaugurated the ‘Swarnim Amrit Sandesh Rath Yatra’ organized on the golden jubilee year of the establishment of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal Central University, Srinagar Garhwal and Kumaon University, Nainital, by presenting a memorial sapling at the camp office located at the Chief Minister’s residence. On this occasion, while congratulating the universities at the ‘Congratulation and Plant Gift Ceremony’ organized by UCOST, the Chief Minister said that trees play a big role in making any event memorable. While trees are the basis of life, they are also symbols of our culture and memory. He said that both the universities are celebrating their golden jubilee year in an eco-friendly manner and after gifting fifty trees to the other, the members of one university will reach the other university and plant fifty saplings.

The Chief Minister said that our youth studying in universities are intellectually alert and intelligent. They play an important role in conveying the message to the people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a change in the lifestyle of the entire world in response to the problems arising from climate change. He said that this Sandesh Yatra will also inspire people to bring changes in their lifestyle towards the environment. This journey will also create awareness among the people about their culture, clean traditions, food habits and dialect.

Director General of UCOST, Prof. Durgesh Pant said that under this event the message of the Chief Minister will reach the students of both the universities. To make this visit multidimensional and objective, UCOST is also organizing seminars in both the universities. Lectures by experts will also be given on lifestyle for environment and climate change. He said that the team that will leave for Nainital from Srinagar Garhwal will also take with it Ganga water which will be flowed into Nainital lake after having darshan of Maa Naina Devi in Nainital. Both the universities will also present books of some of their important publications to each other.

Padma Dr. Kalyan Singh Rawat, founder of Maiti Sanstha, who gave shape to the ‘Swarnim Amrit Sandesh Rath Yatra’, said that we now need to be aware of the signs of changing climate. If we don’t wake up still, it will be too late. We have to change our lifestyle by reducing our needs. He said that in 1998, Maiti Sanstha had organized similar Rath Yatras between the two universities on the occasion of Silver Jubilee of 25 trees each. Under the proposed program on 18 December, H.N.G. The Sandesh Yatra team will leave for Nainital with 50 trees from the university. Tree plantation and symposium will be organized in Nainital on 19th December. On December 20, 50 trees from Nainital will reach Srinagar Garhwal. Representatives of Garhwal and Kumaon Universities and affiliated institutions were present in the program.

CM Dhami participated in the Scheduled Caste People’s Representatives Conference of Garhwal Division.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the Scheduled Caste People’s Representatives Conference of Garhwal division at a hotel on GMS Road on Monday. The Chief Minister said that the mantra of survival, identity and self-reliance given by Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar to the Scheduled, Dalit and forest dwelling communities is being spread in the entire country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the basis of Pandit Deendayal’s theory of Antyodaya, when a person sitting at the last rung of the society will sit on the throne of power, it will be the time of Antyodaya to the rise of the nation. He said that the ascension of Ramnath Kovind and then Mrs. Draupadi Murmu to the post of President is the fulfillment of the dream seen by them. The Chief Minister-designate of Chhattisgarh also represents the tribal area. It is also a wonderful tribute to India’s democratic values and ideals. He said that our double engine government is committed to making the scheduled society strong and self-reliant.

The Chief Minister said that the scheduled society has also made an important contribution in India’s freedom struggle. Till date, the country has been kept in the dark about the contribution made by the tribal society in nation building and even if it was told, it was told within a very limited scope. But today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has woken up and now no one can play with its culture and history. He said that before 2014, the governments lacked the necessary political will to advance the Scheduled, Dalit and Tribal communities and no attention was paid to the business interests of this society. Since 2014, the Modi-led government in the country has made many new experiments for the development of the scheduled, Dalit, exploited and tribal communities. Today, whether it is the field of education or the field of medicine, the governments of the country and the state are making all their plans keeping in mind the interests of the scheduled, Dalit and tribal communities.

The Chief Minister said that in the last nine years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, many such schemes have been implemented for the people of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, so that these sections of the society can join the mainstream of development. Every year, while necessary increases were made in the general budget for the welfare of SCs and STs, many major decisions were also taken to strengthen their economic, educational and social status. Under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, those villages were developed into model villages, in which 50 percent of the population belonged to SC and ST categories. In other schemes including Ujjwala Gas Connection Scheme, tap water to every house, priority was given to the poor, exploited, deprived, tribals and Dalits, while free treatment of this section was ensured through Ayushman Scheme.

The Chief Minister said that after the tireless efforts of the Prime Minister, Article 370 was abolished from Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir was the only state in the country where residents of Scheduled Castes and Tribes did not get the benefit of reservation. As soon as Section 370 was removed, those people started getting the benefits of reservation. The Chief Minister said that the temple of Lord Ram has started taking a grand form. Today, invitations for the inauguration of Lord Ram Temple have started reaching every house, this holy temple is going to be opened for Ram devotees at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The day the Prime Minister performed the Bhoomi Pujan of the Ram temple, his Dalit brother Mahavir’s family got its first prasad. We have a tradition of believing in social harmony. He said that work is being done with dedication by the state government for the development of Scheduled, Dalit and Tribal communities in Uttarakhand. The Chief Minister expressed hope that in the nectar of the country’s independence, under the blessings of Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and the leadership of the Prime Minister, the country and the state will definitely be successful in fulfilling its nectar resolutions and the flag of Vishwa Guru India will wave all over the world.

On this occasion, Cabinet Minister Mrs. Rekha Arya, BJP State President Mahendra Bhatt, MLA Durgeshwar Lal, Bhupalram Tamta, Shakti Lal Shah, Rajkumar Pori, District Panchayat President Rudraprayag Mrs. Amardei Shah, BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha President Sameer Arya, former MLA Suresh Rathore, Deshraj Karnawal and other dignitaries were present.