Chamoli/Dehradun-Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached India’s first frontier village Mana on Wednesday and toured the world and interacted with the devotees and native individuals who got here there. On this event, he appealed to make the Chardham Yatra a secure, nice and plastic-free inexperienced journey and urged everybody to cooperate in environmental safety. On the arrival of the Chief Minister, the ladies of Mana village gave him a grand welcome by singing conventional Mangal songs and presenting native merchandise. The Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to the agricultural ladies for this heat welcome and appreciated their traditions and tradition.
During this, the Chief Minister met 100% “Lakhpati Didis” of the village and appreciated their work. Describing the native merchandise being ready by ladies as of top quality, he mentioned that these merchandise usually are not solely empowering the native livelihood however are additionally strengthening the identification of Uttarakhand. He appealed to the devotees approaching Chardham Yatra to strengthen the regional economic system by buying native merchandise. The Chief Minister mentioned that below the management of the illustrious Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, the event of marginal villages has acquired a brand new path and the villages which had been earlier referred to as “last villages”, are actually being termed as “first villages” and particular consideration is being given to their general growth.
He additional mentioned that below the Vibrant Village Scheme, infrastructure amenities are being quickly expanded within the marginal villages of Uttarakhand, thereby creating new alternatives for employment, tourism and livelihood in these areas. The growth work going down in Mana village and different border areas is a crucial step in direction of the balanced and inclusive growth of the state. The Chief Minister expressed confidence that with the continual efforts of the State Government and the cooperation of the Central Government, the marginal villages will obtain new heights of growth and play an vital position in constructing a self-reliant Uttarakhand.
Gram Panchayat Mana, growth block Jyotirmath, district Chamoli, has at present emerged as a task mannequin by way of self-help teams and “Lakhpati Didi” initiative. A complete of 12 self-help teams are energetic right here, with which 82 ladies are related. A village group “Ghunghati Mahila Gram Sangathan” and a cluster stage group “Yogabandi Cluster Level Organization” are functioning within the village and the particular factor is that every one 82 ladies right here have been established as “Lakhpati Didi”, as a result of which Mana has grow to be the first 100% Lakhpati Didi village of Uttarakhand.
Village ladies are enjoying an vital position in livelihood promotion by selling conventional and non-agricultural actions by way of self-help teams. They are engaged in numerous actions like woolen textiles, handloom, handicraft merchandise, furnishings, basket making, pulses, carpets, papad, spices and operating eating places and are constantly growing their revenue by advertising these merchandise. Apart from this, ladies are additionally growing self-employment alternatives by way of agriculture, animal husbandry, dairy, homestay, fisheries, poultry, mushroom manufacturing, meals processing and small and cottage industries. Local merchandise are being made accessible available in the market by way of Saras Mall and numerous stalls, which helps ladies to grow to be economically empowered and benefiting from the “Lakhpati Didi” scheme.
Mana village has at present emerged as a wonderful instance of ladies empowerment, self-reliance and general growth of a marginal space, the place efficient implementation of presidency schemes and arduous work of native ladies has set a brand new instance of growth.