Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat requests for Rs. 5000 crores one time grant for Mahakumbh 2021

The chief minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat today met the union minister for finance Dr. Nirmala Sitaraman, congratulated her on her new assignment as the FM India and also requested her to sanction/ allocate one time financial assistance/ grant of Rs. Five Thousand crores to the state of Uttarakhand in order to complete the necessary infrastrucural projects by 2020 for the convenience, welfare and well being of the pilgrims/ devotees reaching Haridwar Mahakumbh in the year 2021.

According to the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat he acquainted the union finance minister about approximately 15 crore devotees likely to attend the Mahakumbh in Haridwar in 2021 for which extensive arrangements for health services, lodging, boarding, transport, roads, cleanliness, drinking water and security services etc are required on wide scale and the expenditure to be incurred in these arrangements would be no less than Rs 5000 crores.

The expenditure estimates prepared by various government departments and stake holders of the state regarding making overall arrangements of infrastuructural development and other facilities for such a vast and uncontrollable numbers of devotees has come to Rs. 5000 crores which may further exceed said the CM.

In case the central grant is sanctioned forthwith the necessary infrastructural developmental works would be completed by 2020 added chief mibister Trivendra Rawat.

It may be recalled that the state of Uttarakhand is already under heavy fiscal deficit and do not have its own budget to contribute in the Kumbh arrangements.

It’s sagging economy is already a huge problem for the state which is solely dependent on the central government for financial aids especially in making arrangements for festivals of international significance like Mahakumbh.

The union minister for finance Dr. Nirmala Sitaraman who gave a patient hearing to Rawat’s request has assured him of the union finance ministry’s all possible help in the successful conduction of the Kumbh Mela 2021 in which crores of devotees from various parts of India and globe participate with full zeal, enthusiasm and spiritual endeavour.