The state has recently implemented a policy to harness renewable energy sources through private sector/ community participation. The Government is making all out efforts to create public awareness and involve local population in establishing, operating and managing power projects and thus to create direct and indirect employment avenues in the state.

We accord reverence to Ganga as it is associated with our faith and emotions. A perennial source of water, originating in the lofty Himalayan heights, it flows over a vast course, dumping rich alluvial soil — a veritable boon for agriculture along its course in the plains. The Government is of the view that the perennial source of Ganga will not be disturbed. We are focusing on making run-of-the-river power projects, so that minimum population is displaced. Under the new power policy, smaller projects would be allotted to local people and the Government would provide financial and technical support. After the completion of the project, it would be devolved to Gram Panchayat for its management and maintenance. This way we can tap the water resources available in abundance in the hills and also create job avenues for the local people.

We aim at making Uttarakhand an ideal state by harnessing natural resources, creating job avenues and fulfilling aspirations of the people.