Uttarakhand govt is grooming Gairsain as its summer capital

Gairsain in Chamoli district had announced as the summer capital of Uttarakhand. After this Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat sprung a surprise in the state assembly by declaring the town as a new administrative division of the state, a third commissionerate after Kumaon and Garhwal.

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Gairsain division would be comprised of four hill districts, including Almora and Bageshwar (both in Kumaon) and Rudrapyarag and Chamoli (in Garhwal). A commissioner and a DIG will be deployed in Gairsain.

On March 4 last year, CM had announced in the Budget Session of the Assembly held in Gairsain that the town will become summer capital of the state. Three months later, Governor had given her assent for declaration of Bhararisen (Gairsain) as the summer capital.

Gairsain, a tehsil in Chamoli district, is located nearly 270-km from the existing temporary capital of Dehradun.

Even when Uttarakhand was carved out as a separate state from Uttar Pradesh on November 9, 2000, statehood activists had contended that Gairsain was best suited to be the capital of the mountainous state since it was between both Kumaon and Garhwal regions.

But it was Dehradun in the plains that was named the temporary capital.