Summer capital Gairsain to have ‘e-assembly’, announces CM

Dehradun: On the occasion of World Environment Day on Friday, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced that newly-announced summer capital Gairsain's legislative assembly would be developed as an e-assembly wherein no papers would be used. This is the second such move as on January 8 this year, the state government had initiated the process of e-cabinet, as part of which no papers are used during cabinet meetings and the ministers access data in electronic form using their laptops.“Through this process, we were able to save trees, and now moving a step ahead, we have decided to have an e-assembly at Gairsain where no papers will be used,” CM Rawat said. He added that in the last few months, the government has been successful in upgrading 17 government offices into e-offices. “This is an eco-friendly initiative and we intend to have e-offices on the block level too,” said the CM.
Meanwhile, Harela — a festival symbolising new harvest season and marked by plantation of saplings — has already been announced a public holiday in the state. This festival will be observed on July 16 this year. On the occasion, the state government aims to plant as many as 2 crore saplings in the state. District magistrates have been directed to start preparations for Harela while maintaining social distancing norms.
“The participation of public is important for the success of any campaign. Therefore, I have asked the district authorities to rope in as many people as possible for the plantation drive during Harela. However, all precautionary measures like wearing masks and gloves, and social distancing should be maintained,” the CM added.