Uttarakhand to encourage minority educational centres in the state

Updated on: Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Vijay Bahuguna has expressed that his Government will encourage setting up of minority educational institutions in the state.

“We will encourage all efforts to promote minority educational institutes especially those of Muslims in our state. They need to be promoted especially for education of Muslim girls,” he said at an event here.

The Chief Minister informed that the state has created a separate department for minority affairs after the recently-formed Congress government.

The Chief Minister said, while speaking on the power situation, that the state has been buying power despite having a rich hydel power potential in the form of rivers.

He urged the Hindu seers and saints in the state who are against using Ganga water for power production not to allow religious sentiments to hamper development projects.

“Religion should give people power and courage but not be an impediment in development of the nation,” Bahunguna said.

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