Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who was recently discharged from AIIMS Delhi after recovering from OOVID returned to Dehradun on Wednesday.

He also spent a few days in isolation at his New Delhi residence. On Wednesday, he approved several new roads and also gave a nod to repairing many roads in different constituencies of Uttarakhand.

A number of ministers, including Dhan Singh Rawat and Madan Kaushik, received him at the GTC helipad in Dehradun. Thereafter, teerth purohits (priests) recited mantras. Subsequently, he entered his official residence. “Wearing masks, proper sanitisation, and maintaining social distancing is extremely important to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” he said.

Under the state plan, he approved a road from Morgad to Kafultanda in the Lansdowne constituency of Pauri district. In the first phase, a budget of Rs 22.40 lakh was approved for the project. Till date, funds worth Rs 31 crore have been approved for projects in the Lansdowne constituency.

Also, a fund of Rs 1.42 crore was approved for the second phase of the sewage treatment plant in the Khatima constituency of Udham Singh Nagar district. Similarly, Rs 5.81 crore was approved for a bridge in the Nanakmatta area. The CM approved Rs 4.20 crore for a road in Purola constituency in Uttarkashi district. For the repair of roads in the Dehradun Cantt constituency, CM approved a fund of Rs 1.77 crore. Funds were also approved for roads falling in Piran Kaliyar and Rishikesh constituencies of Uttarakhand.

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