Gairsain as summer capital of Uttrakhand

Twenty years after Uttarakhand was granted statehood, an announcement was made in the state assembly on 4th March Wednesday to make Gairsain its summer capital. Gairsain is town and Nagar Panchayat in Chamoli district of the Indian state of Uttrakhand.

Reasons and background

Ø Gairsain is geographically in the centre of Uttrakhand. People living in Pithoragarh have to travel around 14-15 hours if they have any work in Dehradun. Making Gairsain capital will reduce everyones time and money.

Ø Also, it will boost the development of the hilly region which is most important because Uttrakhand is hill state.

Ø It haven’t been the permanent capital due its seismic vulnerability .

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Ø Uttrakhand also becomes the second state after jammu and kashmir in the country to have two capitals.

Ø Chamoli district stays in news often because of chinese army incursion.

Ø Announcement made by ⇒Chief minister of Uttarkhand ⇒Trivendra singh rawat

Ø Done on the ocassion of holi.

what does summer capital mean?

Ø A summer capital is a city used as an administrative capital during extended periods of particularly hot [summer]weather. The term is mostly of relevance in a historical context as political systems with ruling classes that would migrate to a summer capital, making them less prevalent in modern times.

Ø More examples of India-

1. Himanchal Pradesh: its summer capital is Shimla and winter capital is Dharamshala.

2. Maharashtra: its summer capital is Mumbai and winter capital is Nagpur.

3. Andhra Pradesh: it has its de jure capital at Hyderabad and its de facto capital at Amaravati. Hyderabad cannot be used by AP as a capital after 2024 (period of maximum 10 years was decided at the time of bifurcation) and Amaravati would then become the only capital of AP.

4. Uttarakhand: it’s summer capital is Gairsain and winter capital is Dehradun.

5. J&K: it's a union territory having its summer capital at Srinagar and winter capital at Jammu.

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