Uttarakhand

• 24 Dec 2021

Kanda Festival

Why in News

• On December 23, 2021, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the 'Kanda Mahotsav' organized at Kanda in Bageshwar district by lighting the lamp and offering prayers.

Key Points

• In the Kanda Mahotsav, the Chief Minister announced Rs. 2 lakh to the Mela Committee and Rs. 25 lakh for the community building in Kanda. Apart from this, it was also announced to sanction funds for Sanction ANM Center in Sasola and to arrange ultrasound and dialysis to improve health facilities at Government Community Health Center Kanda.
• Thereafter, the Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 89 schemes costing Rs 27,331.13 lakh for the Kapkot and Bageshwar areas of the Assembly, in a program organized at Kedareshwar Maidan of Kapkot, Bageshwar.
• 33 schemes costing Rs 6843.03 lakh were inaugurated and foundation stone of 36 schemes worth Rs 15632.94 lakh was laid. Apart from this, 4 schemes worth Rs 531.40 lakh were inaugurated and the foundation stone of 16 schemes worth Rs 4323.76 lakh was laid.
• After this, the Chief Minister inaugurated a 500 MPL capacity oxygen generation plant at Community Health Center Kapkot and laid the foundation stone of a 20 bed hospital building and meeting hall.
• The Chief Minister said on the occasion that a young state like Uttarakhand would be India's number one state in the coming times in all fields like education, health, tourism, business, industry.
• He said that there is immense potential for tourism in the district, for which work is being done. The Kapkot region has immense potential for herbs, so this area will be developed as a herbal center. Estimates for the construction of the building of the Polytechnic and the CSD canteen in Kapkot will be done.