Uttarakhand Gets a Summer Capital

Uttarakhand will have Bhararisen (Gairsain) in Chamoli district as the summer capital, while Dehradun remains the temporary state capital. When the agitation for a separate state was going on, the people of Garhwal and Kumaon had unanimously decided that Gairsain should be the state capital since it straddles both the regions Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had announced the decision of making Gairsain the summer capital during the budget session in March, but the move was implemented on 8th June 2020 after governor Baby Rani Maurya gave assent. With a total 13 districts in Uttarakhand, 11 are hill districts while two are in the plains. "How will people in power and bureaucrats know the difficulties of people if they do not live in hilly region? The idea was to make Gairsain as the state capital so that it is approachable to both Kumaon and Garhwal region and this will lead to development of the entire hilly region of the state,explained the leaders.