This Republic Day is going to be special for the Gram Panchayats involved in the Centre’s ambitious Vibrant Village program for all-round development of border villages. The Central Government has specially invited their heads and deputy heads for the Republic Day celebrations to be held in Delhi. 66 village heads and deputy heads (including husband and wife) of 35 gram panchayats covered under the Vibrant Village Program of the three border districts of Uttarakhand, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh, will also go to Delhi. All of them have agreed. The responsibility of taking them to Delhi has been entrusted to ITBP.
Instructions to send information to the center soon
Last month, video conferencing was conducted by the Border Management Department of the Union Home Ministry with other states including Uttarakhand. In this, instructions were given to the heads and deputy heads of the Gram Panchayats covered under the Vibrant Village Program to immediately send the information to the Center regarding their consent or disagreement regarding participation in the Republic Day celebrations. On this, the government named Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Deputy Director of Panchayati Raj Department, as the nodal officer.
Deputy head of Malari will not attend the function
According to Tiwari, the gram panchayats of Pithoragarh, Uttarkashi and Chamoli are covered under the Vibrant Village Programme. He said that 66 village heads and deputy heads of 35 vibrant villages have given their consent. Of these, three villages do not have Deputy Pradhan, while the Deputy Pradhan of Malari has expressed his inability to attend the function due to personal reasons.
He said that the list of heads and deputy heads who have agreed to participate in the Republic Day celebrations has been sent to the Deputy Director General of ITBP Northern Frontier. The Central Government has entrusted the responsibility of taking these Panchayat representatives to Delhi and back to ITBP.
These are the programs
According to the fixed schedule, the concerned head and deputy head of Pithoragarh district will reach Pithoragarh on 22 January and rest for the night. The next day he will stay in Haldwani and leave for Delhi on 24 January. Similarly, the head and deputy head of Chamoli district will stay in Gauchar on 22 January and in Haridwar the next day. The head and deputy head of Uttarkashi district will rest at Matali on 22 January and reach Haridwar on 23 January. On January 24, the head and deputy head of these two districts will leave for Delhi from Haridwar. After participating in the Republic Day celebrations, they will return from Delhi on January 28 and everyone will reach their respective destinations by January 30.
Head and Deputy Head going to Delhi
District – Gram Panchayat – Number
Pithoragarh – 18 – 33
Uttarkashi – 08 – 16
Chamoli – 09 – 17
