Uttarakhand governor asks schools to help state rehabilitate people

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi today called coordinators and principals of prominent schools of Dehradun to Raj Bhavan and motivated them to voluntarily reach out to help calamity-hit people of the state.

It was necessary to rekindle new hope in the hearts of people who have lost their dear ones and also their property, he said.

These people should be made to feel that they have the support of the entire society, Qureshi said.

On the governor’s call, all the principals expressed commitment to give all possible help and put forth proposals regarding this before him.

Among the proposals were financial assistance, relief items for daily use and reconstruction of destroyed school buildings and roads.

The governor said that the help should be planned on the basis of priorities. He said financial assistance should come in the first phase and other help (after assessing the damage) could come in the second phase.

Qureshi said a detailed proposal should be prepared by the schools before their relief work could be planned.

The governor said the schools could play an important role in helping these people start life all over again.

All present assured the governor that once the schools reopened, all teachers, students and parents would involve themselves in the assistance work. Principals and coordinators of 35 prominent schools were present on the occasion. PTI