The Soldier Welfare and Industries minister Ganesh Joshi said that the state government has decided that houses of every martyred soldier from World War I till date would be visited by the officials and a letter of honour would be handed over to their families. A handful of earth from the houses of martyrs would be taken and brought to the proposed martyrs memorial ( Sainya Dham) in Dehradun. Presiding over a meeting of the department officials the minister directed that the work on transfer of land for the proposed Sainya Dham should be expedited.

He said that the Uttarakhand Purva sainik Kalyan Nigam Limited (UPNL) would construct a 'UPNL building' at the land provided for the monument.

The minister said that Uttarakhand is land of brave people and every fifth soldier of the country belongs to Uttarakhand. He said that the state government has prepared a road map for construction of Sainya Dham. The minister said that every possible preparation should be done to combat the pandemic of Covid in the state and directed the officials to appoint health workers from UPNL wherever needed. He said that the state health department has sent a requirement of 1,300 workers and UPNL has provided 800 employees so far. The minister said that the objective of UPNL is to provide employment to soldiers and their families. The meeting was attended by principal secretary L Fennai, Revenue secretary Sushil Kumar, Managing Director of UPNL, Brigadier ( Retd) PPS Pahwa and others.