Uttaranchal Uthaan Parishad convention organised by its chief Narendra Ladwal gave opportunity to entrepreneurs working at the grass roots levels to express their views at India Habitat Centre

SUNIL NEGI

A one day convention of Uttarakhand Uthaan Parishad was organised at India habitat Centre at the behest of the president of this organisation Narendra Ladwal, a renowned entrepreneur of repute from Champawat, Uttarakhand. Good number of NGO and social activists active in various parts of Uttarakhand in nurturing their home made products at the grass roots levels and selling them in open market under their brand names seeking governmental support and also on their own to empower the society at the lowest ebb were present on this occasion expressing their views portraying their experiences , hardships, difficulties and subsequent achievements empowering themselves, the women, youths, village folks and others.

In several such speeches the outstanding achievements were also exhibited on the screen in order to enable the audience have the micro and better idea of these outstanding and exceptional achievements of the NGO activists working tirelessly before and after Covid times in various parts in the interior villages of Uttarakhand to enable and encourage reverse migration, which has been the greatest lacunae on the way of the overall development of Uttarakhand destroying is demography and making Uttarakhand hills and villages people less.

Those working in these fields in various parts of Uttarakhand deserving highest appreciation dealt with issues of water conservation, reviving of our disappearing Navlaas and water springs, people not ploughing their agricultural fields with eighty percent of our lands going barren, efforts and initiatives to bring down the growth of pine trees and immense plantation of BAANJ TREES instead, working at the grass roots providing ambulances, health facilities and quality education to the children, managing Orchard farms on good scale, developing and selling our delicacies, even Pahadi Namak in different delicious forms, renovating schools on their own expenses and providing good desks, school furniture and stationeries including their uniforms and ambulances with medical equipments etc.

The seminar cum convention was commenced with the lightening of the lamp by the chief guest in the morning.

Light was shed on the detailed background and future programmes of Uttaranchal Uthaan Parishad by the general secretary of the Uttaranchal Uthaan Parishad Rajesh Thapliyal.

The morning session was shared by the chief of the Parishad Narendra Ladwal, Regional Propagandist of RSS Shailendra, with Tara Dutt Upreti presiding over it.

The second session was graced by Sudhir, national organising secretary Rashtriya Sewa Bharti and Sanjay Joshi acquainted everyone to the audience.

The state was conducted by Dr.Ravindra Kumar Negi.

Those who spoke in this ocassion and shared their experiences, views and the hardships faced by them during their endeavours were Lalit Mohan Singh Negi, former ACP special cells, Five presidents award winner , Lalit Mohan Singh Negi, Dr.Amarnath, GM Cooperation India habitat Centre also running NAULA FOUNDATION, Sadhvi Pragya Bharti, Chandan Dangi, Gopal Upreti, Guiness Record Holder in growing the highest Coriander plant on his agriculture fields in Uttarakhand and known as Appleman of Uttarakhand , also recipient of award from president of India, Gopal Upreti, Mohan Singh, Shashi Raturi, ( Pahadi Namak fame woman entrepreneur) T.C.Upreti, Bhagwan Sajwan, Atul Pandey, Harish Bashliyal, Rupesh, Neha Joshi and Atul Rawat etc from Garhwal and Kumaon division of Uttarakhand. Several entrepreneurs and those working at gram Panchayat levels were awarded on this ocassion. The convention cum seminar of Uttaranchal Uthaan Parishad was a grand success. Prominent among those present on this ocassion were Mr. Raja, internationally famed personality from Uttarakhand , Mr.Upadhyay chairman of CDOT, K.C.Pandey eminent entrepreneur and renowned social activist, Lalit Mohan Negi, Consultant DP and five times meritorious Gold medal winner from President Draupadi Murmu, T.S.Bhandari, eminent entrepreneur, senior journalist CM.Papnei, Sunil Negi, editor UKnationnews , Poonam Bisht of Nav Bharat Times, Vimal Uniyal, theatre activist and actor etc.