Dehradun, Aug. 1 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has congratulated 21-year-old Priyanka Negi, the newly elected head of Sarkot Gram Panchayat near Gairsain in Chamoli district.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the government is developing Sarkot as an ideal village; a similar model village will be built in other districts as well. "Soon, all the Chief Development Officers will come to study Sarkot."

The Chief Minister congratulated Priyanka Negi on the phone on Friday and said that the way the villagers of Sarkot have chosen an educated young girl as their head, all the villagers deserve congratulations for that.

The Chief Minister told Priyanka that now we have to develop Sarkot further, all the work rela...