Uttarakhand

• 07 Apr 2023

Writers of Folk Languages will get 'Uttarakhand Sahitya Gaurav Samman' every year

Why in News?

On 5 April 2023, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced in the meeting of Uttarakhand Bhasha Sansthan held in Dehradun that this year, 'Uttarakhand Sahitya Gaurav Samman' will be given for Kumaoni, Garhwali, dialects and dialects of the state, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu in folk languages and folk literature, epic, block poetry composition, poetry composition and literature and other prose genres.

Key Points

• It is worth mentioning that for the first time after the year 2014, the meeting of the Management Executive Committee of the Institute was held in the secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dhami, in which it was told that folk languages and dialects are the identity and pride of the state and a grand ceremony will be organized in the coming May to honour outstanding litterateurs.
• The Chief Minister said that the creators of the state, who are unable to publish their books due to lack of funds, will be given partial grants in the form of financial assistance from the Bhasha Sansthan.
• This will be a multi-faceted plan of the Bhasha Sansthan, in which reading of research papers, exchange of ideas related to language, literary procession, folk language conference etc. will be organized.
• He also directed the organizing of national and international language conferences in every district of the state and established digital and e-library in a primary school of each district.
• During the meeting, approval was also given to organizing literary seminars in the book fair in association with the National Book Trust in the state.
• In the meeting, an agreement was also reached on the publication of literary and research journals by Uttarakhand Bhasha Sansthan. Along with this, approval was given to organize workshops and training programs for the standardization of folk languages.
• There are different speakers and writers of Garhwali, Kumaoni and Jaunsari dialects in different areas of the state, in whose writing there is a difference of words. There is a need for standardization of Garhwali and Kumaoni language spellings. District and state-level linguistic competitions will be organized by the institute in Uttarakhand.

Dimmer Village was selected as the model Sanskrit village

Why in News?

On April 5, 2023, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Dr. Chandi Prasad Ghildiyal, Assistant Director of Education and Sanskrit Education Department, told that the Sanskrit Directorate of the state has set a target of making 13 model Sanskrit villages in 13 districts of the state, under which Chamoli district's Dimmer village has been selected.

Key Points

• The Sanskrit language will be taught to women, children and elders in Dimmer village. For this, a Sanskrit-trained person will be selected in the village, who will teach the villagers to speak the Sanskrit language. For this, he will also be given an honorarium of Rs 12,000 per month.
• It is known that Dimmer village is located at a distance of 7 kilometres from Karnaprayag on the Karanprayag-Simli motorway. About 250 Brahmins, 150 Rajputs and 100 Scheduled Caste families live in this village of 500 families. Dimri Brahmins of Dimmar village take care of the worship in Badrinath Dham. Along with this, he also takes care of the worship from Mata Murti to Joshimath Narasimha Temple.
• The Gadu Ghada of Badrinath Dham is also operated from Dimmer Village. Apart from this, after the completion of the pilgrimage to Badrinath Dham, the Rawals of Badrinath also reach the Lakshmi Narayan Temple of Dimmer village for worship. Sanskrit is used more and more in all these religious programs. That's why Dimmer Village has been selected under this scheme.
• Under this, now people from all sections of the village will be taught to speak the Sanskrit language. Along with this, Sanskrit Gram Shiksha Samiti will also be formed in the village. The Sanskrit language will be discussed every month by the committee. Its monitoring will be done by the Sanskrit Education Department.
• It is noteworthy that Sanskrit College has been running in Dimmer Village since 1918. Earlier, the college was run by Dimri Brahmins only. Presently the college is run by Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee.
• Classes from six to Acharya are conducted here. The Dimri families also donated their 30 Nali lands for the operation of the college and there is also a hostel here.
• Significantly, Sanskrit is the second official language of the country. Everyone needs to come forward for its promotion.

Re-development plan for Haridwar-Rishikesh, Capital City to be built in Doon

Why in News?

According to information received from media sources on 5 April 2023, the state government is bringing a re-development plan while preserving the historical heritage of Dharmanagar Haridwar and Yoga City Rishikesh. At the same time, the process of construction of Aerocity in Capital City and Jolly Grant in Raipur has also started moving forward.

Key Points

• McKenzie Global has also recently given a presentation on this change. Under this, there is also a plan to acquire agricultural land and develop a greenfield township on it.
• In Haridwar four areas from Devpura to Bhupatwala (Dudha Dhari Chowk), Har Ki Pauri and the surrounding area are 1.5 km. Daksh Mandir and Sanyas Road in the Kankhal area and the Heritage Master Plan are being prepared from Bhupatwala to Bharat Mata Mandir in Saptarishi Ashram.
• Under this, Bharat Mata Temple, Har Ki Pauri, Mansa Devi, Maya Temple, Narayani Shila Temple, Sati Kund, Daksh Temple, Hanuman Temple and Chandi Devi Temple will be included. While three areas have been identified for this in Rishikesh.
• According to information, the state government is going to build a capital city on 85 hectares of land in Raipur. For this, the Forest Department has also given 60 hectares of land.
• With the making of the capital city in Raipur, the government buildings built on about 200 acres of government land will be vacant. McKenzie Global estimates that this property will be worth 5000 to 6000 crores. With this, a blueprint for large-scale development will be prepared in the cities. At the same time, external development charges will have to be paid for construction in these areas.
• This capital city will be built from Raipur to Thano Road in the north, till Haridwar Road in the south, leaving the Ordnance Factory border in the west till the east of the drain and in the east till the limits of Bhopalpani, Badasi Grant and Kalimati village.
• The Secretariat, Assembly, Directorate, and Project Office will be built on 60 hectares of land. While residential and commercial projects will be constructed on 25 hectares of land near Maharana Pratap Sports College. Private investors will get an exemption here for 30 years.
• The state government is going to build an atrocity near Jolly Grant Airport. Information technology, medical, hospitality and commercial complexes will be built in this. Here airport related instrument landing, heliport, and night landing facilities can also be found.
• Five to six thousand youths will get employment through this. Every year there will be a business of five to six thousand crores. The residents of the state will be able to get high-quality health facilities.
• It will be built on 100 acres of land. In this, IT City will be built on 50 acres, Medi City on 20 acres, Commercial on 15 acres and the Hospitality project on 15 acres.
• A park will be established here on the lines of foreign countries. Jogging, a cycling track and a hut for meditation will be arranged in the park. Along with this, the idea of landscaping and planting Australian grass is going on. At the same time, flowers and greenery will be seen in the parks in every season.