Dehradun, Aug. 2 -- As part of the State government's efforts to assist the natives who have returned to Uttarakhand during the Covid pandemic and to revive the state's economy, the State's Watershed Management, Tourism and Culture minister Satpal Maharaj met the Union minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur and submitted a proposal amounting to Rs 1,000 crore for watershed development projects.
Meeting Thakur in the national capital on Saturday, Maharaj informed him that the World Bank funded Uttarakhand decentralised watershed development project (Gramya) phase II is a successful project.
This project is playing an effective role towards achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of doubling farmer income by 2022 and reviving ...