A team of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) led by its’ team leader Jacob J Simonsen had a courtesy meeting with chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at CM’s residence here on Wednesday.
They discussed the issues of integrated development of programmes being run in the priority areas like health, drinking water and nutritious food at the state level.
Welcoming the members of the UNDP, the chief minister said that there is need for more focus in the fields of health, education, technical education and environment in the state. He also expected an effective initiative to take out the public welfare programmes to the people in a better way. He said that effective initiatives have been taken to revive two rivers-- Rispana and Kosi through intensive tree plantation drives in the state. There is another initiative to plant trees on large scale in the districts. Attention is being paid to rain water harvesting for water storage.
Rawat further said that youth in the state are being made aware through “My Social Responsibility” programmes. “ It is our endeavour that the technocrats and professionals fix their role in the development of the villages,” he said. The CM further said that the importance of social works around the world has increased and there is need for developing entrepreneurship and professionalism among children. The youth have to come out of the mentality of getting jobs and work towards entrepreneurship. While speaking about various initiatives of the government, he also stressed on the need for special attention to the development and connectivity of border areas.
The members of the team informed that the UNDP- a global development programme of the United Nations works to reduce poverty, develop infrastructure and promote democratic governance. Purpose of UNDP is connecting the people with knowledge, experience and resources to help make a better life. They also spoke about the documentation of programmes related to the overall development being run by the state government.