MeraPahad Community Of Uttarakhand Lovers

अगर पहाड़ों में वहां पर उपलब्ध संसाधन आधारित उद्योग लग जांय तो निश्चित रुप से पलायन, जो आज उत्तराखण्ड की प्रमुख समस्या और दर्द है, वह भी रुकेगा। क्योंकि जो आदमी काम की तलाश में मुंबई और दिल्ली में भटकता है और अक्सर भांडमजुवा बनकर अपनी आजीविका चला रहा है, जब उसे अपने ही घर में रोजगार मिल जायेगा,. तो वह भटकने क्यों जायेगा।

इसके अलावा बागेश्वर जनपद में ताम्र उद्योग पहले से ही लगा है, अगर आज उसको वर्तमान की टेक्नोलाजी से जोड़कर और विकसित किया जाय तो अच्छे परिणाम ही सामने आयेंगे।
    इसके अतिरिक्त पहाड़ में बांस, रिंगाल तथा अन्य पेडों से उपलब्ध लकड़ी से काष्ठ आधारित उद्योग स्थापित किये जा सकते हैं। यह ध्यान रखा जाय कि पहाड़ों में स्थानीय कच्चे माल पर आधारित उद्योग लगाये जांय, ऎसा भी नहीं कि हम टाटा, ब्रिटानिया को बागेश्वर, पिथौरागढ़ में बुलाये और सब्सिडी लेने के बाद वह अधर में हमें छोड़ दें। लघु उद्योग लगाये जांय, स्थानीय कच्चे माल का प्रोडक्ट बनाकर ही राज्य से बाहर जाय, इस सोच से उद्योग लगाये जाने चाहिये।

      पहाड़ों में जो अरबो टन माल्टा, नारंगी और दाड़िम आदि फल सड़ जाता है या बन्दरों के हाथ लगता है, उसे प्रिजर्व कर जूस बनाकर मार्केट में उतारा जाय, इसके लिये सरकार ग्रामीणों को प्रशिक्षित कर उन्हें उद्योग लगाने के लिये मशीनें लोन पर सब्सिडी देकर उपलब्ध कराये और इससे प्राप्त आय का एक हिस्सा गांव के विकास के लिये भी रखा जाय। इससे हम गांवों को स्वालंबी, आत्मनिर्भर और आर्थिक रुप से संपन्न बना पायेंगे। जिस दिन हमारे गांव मजबूत हो जायेंगे, उस दिन राज्य अपने आप ही मजबूत हो जायेगा और जब राज्य मजबूत होगा तो देश भी कहीं न कहीं मजबूत होगा।

पर्यटन उद्योग को भी सहकारिता के माध्यम से गांवों को जोड़ा जाय, सरकार सब्सिडी देकर गांवों में रिसोर्ट खुलवा दे और ग्रामवासी आपसी साझेदारी से उसे चलायें, कुमाऊ और गढ़वाल मंडल विकास निगम को यह जिम्मा दे दिया जाय कि वह पर्यटकों को इन रिसोर्ट तक लाये.......इससे गांव के लोगों को गांव में ही काम मिल जायेगा।

It is inevitable truth that migration can not be stopped . it is increasing more and more, not only in uttarakhand but also other parts of  india. more and more people are migrating from rural areas to cities which has good infrastructure, employment opportunities, health and medical facilities etc...

In the process of urbanization we have to understand the pseudo urbanisation also (like cities without proper opportunities, industrial set up, employment, and infrastructure . our district headquarters like almora, pauri.... haldwani. and planes of uttarakhand are developing as a big cities but without proper job opportunities, infrastructure and planning...)

The only way to stop migration in hills is to increase urbanisation in hills. Establishing Capital in Gairsain can be a good step for the urbanisation in hills. The recent report presented in world economic forum, 2009 in Davos , which i have pasted below give a insight about migration and urbanisation. they have also highlighted the point "The next 20 years will see the greatest rural-urban migration in history: it is time to learn from global best practice and put the lessons to work." . it was true in past also the urban places in uttarakhand developed by kings, britishers.. were more developed than other places and also had more opportunities than other places.

we can also get more and more economic and industrial issues from this site http://www.weforum.org/en and put here for discussion in context of uttarakhand.

Urbanization: The Unstoppable Global Trend

• Steve Dobbs • Laila Iskandar • Wolfgang Lehmacher
• Mauricio Macri • Toshiko Mori
Moderated by • Lawrence Bloom
Friday 30 January

More than half the world’s population now lives in cities. The consensus among participants was that the urbanization trend is indeed unstoppable. From an economic perspective, cities are very efficient and generate a disproportionate amount of GDP. But the downside is growing pressure on the urban environment and infrastructure. The main points addressed include setting policy priorities, engaging communities, harnessing public-private partnerships and using the environment as an entry point for urban policy.

• Urban planning must focus on ensuring a sustainable quality of life for urban dwellers.

• One city government takes a two-pronged approach: making the city economically vibrant by encouraging new knowledge industries, while ensuring greater balance through improved transportation and environmental stewardship. Efficient transportation is essential to prevent cars making further incursions into limited urban space. To this end, there are plans to extend the reach of the subway system by integrating it with overland transport (which is much cheaper to build). It also plans to reduce the numbers of people moving in and out each day by building new communities on the outskirts of the city and offering tax incentives to people who walk to work.

• One panellist stated that efforts in France to decongest Paris have not worked, as people remain drawn to what they think are better services, greater opportunities and “more buzz”. Germany, in contrast, does not have the same level of urban concentration (with its attendant problems).

• Official statistics, according to another panellist, understate the size of cities because they do not capture daily commuters or many migrants. The panellist recommended addressing urban policy through the lens of young people, who make up the vast majority of most cities in the developing world and a significant proportion in industrialized countries.

• A paradigm shift towards “education infrastructure” was proposed; focusing on youth and education would provide a long-term pay-off for cities and their managers.

• In addition to knowledge, community engagement was seen as a key driver of urban policy. One of the panellists said that the biggest pay-off would come from capacitating people to play a bigger role in determining the shape of the cities of tomorrow.

• Poor people are the majority in all developing world cities and have tremendous knowledge that must be harnessed by involving their representatives in a negotiating process with city authorities. They must be seen as both consumers of public services and producers of goods and services.

• If conditions in cities improve, they will become increasingly attractive to people living in peripheral or rural areas – giving rise to even greater pressures.

• Environmental degradation in cities has triggered a number of replicable initiatives designed to serve cities better while cutting down on pollution and congestion. These include the public bicycle scheme introduced in Paris that provides urban transportation while paying for itself through ads on the bikes. This is an example of a public-private partnership that can be emulated in many sectors and locations. However, developing country participants said that opportunities for such partnerships are limited by poor and corrupt government in many places.

• Online shopping reduces the number of people on the roads, and smart delivery (delivery accounts for 20% of traffic in cities) reduces pollution and costs. “Smart” approaches include de-speeding (for those not in a hurry) and night-time bulk delivery with onward passage by foot or by electric vehicles.

• The next 20 years will see the greatest rural-urban migration in history: it is time to learn from global best practice and put the lessons to work.