Dehradun
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand on Thursday. Here the PM offered prayers at Mukhawa, the winter residence of Maa Ganga. The PM then addressed a public meeting in Harshil. During this time, he made several announcements to promote tourism in Attarakhand. The PM discussed the efforts made to settle those two villages along the China border and to promote tourism there. The PM said that the two villages vacated after the Chinese attack in 1962 remained vacant for 60-70 years.
PM Modi said, ‘The countrymen will know, may not know. Two villages were evacuated when China invaded India in 1962. It has been 60-70 years. People forgot, we cannot forget. We have launched a campaign to resettle those two villages again. We are moving towards making a very big tourist destination. PM Modi said that the number of tourists in Uttarakhand has increased rapidly in a decade.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized perennial tourism to remove economic lethargy, which made every season ‘on -season’. The Prime Minister said, “It is very important for Uttarakhand to make your tourism sector diverse and make it perennial.” He said that he wants no season ‘off season’ in Uttarakhand and every season is ‘on -season’.
The Prime Minister said that a large number of tourists visit the mountains in March, April and June, but after that their number decreases. He said, ‘Homestay and hotels remain empty in winter. This imbalance brings economic lethargy in a large part of the year in Uttarakhand. Modi said that if people of the country and abroad come to the state in winter, they will get the real aura of Uttarakhand and the trekking and skiing will thrill them. He said that in winter, the sunlight of Uttarakhand is special when there is fog in the plains. He also appealed to the corporate world to do his meeting-conference in Uttarakhand in winter.
