Dehradun, 20 Jun 2008
There is a need for a people friendly and rural oriented model of development, Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri said here.
While inaugurating a two-day seminar Uttarakhand Sustainable Development Summit (USDS), organised by the government of Uttarakhand and the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) here, Khanduri said the state needs a model of development that does not disrupt the life and livelihood of the rural population, but helps them grow in every aspect.
“The economic development and ecological development and management of natural resources should go together,” Khanduri said.
R K Pachauri, the Director General TERI said that Uttarakhand is fast moving on the path of economic progress and it should now adopt a strategy which also accounts for the impending impacts of climate change.
“Today unsustainable development has exceeded the capacity of the state’s ecosystem and by ignoring a proper mechanism, not only the state will have to face a major economic loss but the impacts will also be felt by the downstream states which Uttarakhand caters to,” he added.
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