Uttarakhand all set to welcome PM Narendra Modi on October 7; CM Pushkar Dhami checks arrangements at AIIMS

Dehradun, October 6: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has left no stones unturned to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi to devbhoomi, Uttarakhand on October 7. The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Rishikesh on Thursday where he will inaugurate, an oxygen plant in AIIMS-Rishikesh.

 

 

Uttarakhand CM Dhami also expressed happiness that the prime minister will be visiting Uttarakhand on a day when he completes 20 years of his service as a constitutional dignitary since he took oath as Gujarat chief minister in 2001. Expressing his happiness over the PM’s visit to Uttarakhand, Dhami had earlier told that the Prime Minister has a special attachment to the state, which has seen unprecedented progress under the present dispensation at the Centre.

 

"Prime Minister Modi is the world's tallest leader today. His coming to the "land of gods" (devbhoomi) is a good sign. We had been waiting for this very moment," said Dhami, whose state will go to the polls next year. Prime Minister Modi was also earlier reported to be visiting Kedarnath too on October 7. But Dhami refused to confirm the PM’s reported programme to visit Kedarnath. “As of now, he is slated to visit Rishikesh only,” he said.

 

Dhami, however, added that earlier during the day, he visited Kedarnath to supervise the ongoing reconstruction work and hoped that after the Uttarakhand High Court order, the "chardham yatra" will be conducted more smoothly. Speaking to the media, the CM stated that reconstruction works worth Rs 708 crore were in progress for the development of all four pilgrim centres – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.