Dehradun, April 7:
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has announced Rs. 25 cr for the beautification of Piran-E-Kaliyar Sharif.ore for the He said that a concrete work plan would be chalked out to bring Piran Kaliyar in the international tourism map.
Chief Minister Bahuguna was speaking after paying his obeisance in Piran Kaliyar on Saturday. He said that all possible facilities would be provided to ‘Jayreens’. He also assured to get the fund sanctioned from the Central Government for Kaliyar Mela. Chief Minister said that the state government was also mulling over the master plan for well planned development of the Dargah in Piran Kaliyar. He disclosed that so far Rs. 5.95 crore had been allocated to Haj House and the remaining Rs. 3.18 crore would be disbursed after receiving report from the Committee. He pointed out that there was a tradition of communal harmony in Uttarakhand with people of different religions and communities residing in total harmony since ages. He said that Uttarakhand was also a house for the pilgrimage of all religions.
Chief Minister Bahuguna stating that welfare of the minority community was the priority of the state government declared that very soon a Minority Welfare Department would be set up in the state. Also present on the occasion were Social Welfare and Transport Minister Surendra Rakesh, Assembly Secretary and area MLA Furkan Ahmed, MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh and MLA Pradeep Batra.
