Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Sangini Portal in a function organised at Government Doon Medical College (GMDC), Dehradun. Speaking at the programme, he said that Uttarakhand is a State with harsh climatic conditions and the ASHA Sanginis are the backbone of the state health services. He expressed hope that the ASHA Sangini Portal would assist and empower all 12,018 ASHA Sanginis of the State. He said that the portal has been launched to ensure that the payment of the ASHA Sangini is made in time and it would also help the department to evaluate and monitor their work. He opined that the portal would help in effective and lucid transfer of services to the ASHA Sanginis. Hon’ble CM said that the priority of the State government is to ensure that the quality health services are available to the people residing in the remote and mountainous locations. He said that tabs have been provided to 6000 ASHA Sanginis and remaining Sanginis would be handed over the tabs soon. He informed that ASHA Samwad programmes would be organised in every block of the State. He said that the State Health department has taken ten targets in the health sector which would be completed before the year 2025.