Champawat/Dehradun. In view of the vision of making Champawat district an ideal one, new dimensions are being created every day by the Chief Minister of the state Pushkar Singh Dhami. The Chief Minister has given another gift to the people of Champawat. On Friday, the Chief Minister flagged off a 42-seater Volvo bus to Dehradun in Tanakpur under his assembly constituency. Due to which two Volvo buses have been included in the fleet of Uttarakhand Transport Corporation Tanakpur, Champawat.
Earlier, the Chief Minister (CM Dhami) performed ritual worship of the bus at Jagbuda bridge in Banbasa. After that, traveled about eight kilometers in Volvo from Jagbuda bridge to Tanakpur. With the start of Volvo service between Tanakpur, the border area of the district and the capital Dehradun, people will be able to get better facilities. People of Tanakpur and areas bordering Nepal will now be able to travel directly to the capital Dehradun by Volvo bus. This will make transportation easier. After flagging off the Volvo bus in Tanakpur on Friday, Chief Minister Shri Dhami said that providing facilities to the public is the priority of the state government. People will get modern and comfortable transportation facility from Volvo Bus Service. Availability of Volvo bus service to Tanakpur will also bring new dimensions to the tourism scenario. Volvo bus will leave from Tanakpur for Dehradun every day at 8 pm and reach Dehradun at 5 am the next day. The second bus will leave from Dehradun for Tanakpur every day at 9 pm and will reach Tanakpur at 6 am the next day.
He (CM Dhami) said that the construction work of Roadways Bus Terminal, Depot Workshop Building, Regional Workshop Building and Tire Shop is being done in Tanakpur Nagar at a cost of Rs 5590.70 lakh. Under this, the bus terminal to be built in Tanakpur city of the district will be equipped with modern facilities. Which includes bus terminal, air conditioned waiting room with capacity of 100 persons under bus depot, food court with seating capacity of 100 persons, car parking with capacity of 170 vehicles, 20 bedded male and female dormitory, boarding platform for 12 buses, bus parking for 24 buses, Parking facility with electronic charging for 7 buses, workshop facility for 20 buses, shopping store, restaurants, dispensary, and clothes room facility, male and female public toilets will be built. The district will become ideal only when the district is equipped with every facility.
To promote tourism, we will have to give priority to the construction of modernly equipped bus stands, only then the tourists and travelers coming from outside will have ease of travel. With the formation of ISBT, employment opportunities will increase and tourism will also get a boost.
CM Dhami held state level NCORD meeting
During this, BJP District President Nirmal Mahara, State Minister BJP Hema Joshi, District In-charge and State Minister BJP Vikas Sharma, District Magistrate Navneet Pandey, SP Devendra Pincha, MLA representative Prakash Tiwari, Deepak Rajwar, BJP District General Secretary Mukesh Kalkhudia, Subhash Bagauli, Govind Samant, Regional Manager of Uttarakhand Transport Corporation Pawan Mahara, Sub-Collector Akash Joshi, public representatives, distinguished citizens, officers and general public were present. Earlier, on his arrival in the district, the Chief Minister was welcomed by the District Magistrate and the party workers and the regional people. On this occasion, he was welcomed by the Chholiya group.
