Shri Badrinath Dham In Uttarakhand To Be Developed As A Spiritual Smart Hill Town
by Swarajya Staff - May 6, 2021 11:27 AM
Shri Badrinath Temple in Uttarakhand (By Dinesh Valke Via Wikimedia Commons)
aShri Badrinath Dham, one of the four holy Himalayan shrines in Uttarakhand, will be developed as a Spiritual Smart Hill Town .
The oil and gas public sector undertakings (PSUs) including IndianOil, BPCL, HPCL, ONGC and GAIL have signed memoranda of understandings (MoUs) with Shri Badrinath Utthan Charitable Trust for construction and redevelopment of Shri Badrinath Dham as a Spiritual Smart Hill Town.
The MoUs were signed in the presence of Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat.
Badrinath Dham ANI | Updated: May 06, 2021 16:56 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 6 (ANI): To redevelop Badrinath Dham in Uttarakhand as a Spiritual Smart Hill Town , a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) was signed on Thursday by the Oil and Gas PSUs and Shri Badrinath Utthan Charitable Trust.
The Oil and Gas PSUs include Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), and GAIL.
According to the MOU, the Oil and Gas PSUs will be contributing Rs 99.60 crore in the first phase of the developmental activities, including river embankment work, building all-terrain vehicular path, building bridges, beautifying existing bridges, establishing gurukul facilities with accommodation, creating toilet and drinking water facilities, installing streetlights and mural paintings.
IOC, ONGC, GAIL, other oil PSUs commit Rs 100 cr for redevelopment of Badrinath Dham shrine
The holy Badrinath Dham is not only a centre of faith for crores of Hindus across the world it is also a major centre of India s pilgrimage economy with a great potential to facilitate regional economic development, said Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
PTI | May 6, 2021 | Updated 17:20 IST
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
India s top oil PSUs - IOC, ONGC, GAIL, BPCL and HPCL - on Thursday committed Rs 100 crore for the redevelopment of Badrinath Dham, one of the holiest shrines of Hindus, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
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April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead landâ¦â read the opening lines from T.S. Eliotâs poem,
The Waste Land. India has suffered its own cruel month of April with its tortured land sprouting funeral pyres instead of lilacs. And May might bring even greater pain and suffering. How did things come to this pass? We need to reflect on this with calm and objectivity, as difficult as this may seem in an environment full of pain, anger, and frustration. If we do not acknowledge, with humility and brutal honesty, where we have gone wrong, the monumental task of repair and healing can neither take place nor prevent another tragedy fro