Dehradun, Nov. 9 -- On the occasion of the State's Foundation Day tomorrow, Chief Secretary Om Prakash had an exclusive interaction with Garhwal Post on the achievements of Uttarakhand as a separate state in the past 20 years, and the challenges before it. He believes that the biggest achievement of Uttarakhand in the past few years has been the tremendous boosting of the road network and other infrastructure development. This, he feels, has set the stage for rapid growth overall to take the state into a new trajectory of development.

"The biggest achievement in the past twenty years of Uttarakhand's existence as a separate state has been a tremendous improvement in its road network," the Chief Secretary asserts. "When the state was part...