A delegation of the Tehri dam displaced people met Irrigation minister Satpal Maharaj and thanked him for proactively pursuing their issues with the Central government following which it had been decided that issues related to rehabilitation of 415 remaining dam displaced families will be resolved within two months.
Maharaj said that recently in a meeting he had with the Union minister of State for Power, Rajkumar Singh in the presence of other public representatives, it had been decided that the issues in question will be resolved in two months. The Power secretary, Government of India and Uttarakhand Irrigation secretary will jointly address the issue of land valuation.
Further, the doubt regarding the THDC India Limited HQ had also been dispelled in the meeting as it had been clarified that the HQ will remain in Rishikesh. The minister informed the delegation of the Tehri dam displaced about the various other decisions taken in the meeting.
Heading the delegation, the Tehri dam affected rehabilitation public joint committee vice chairman Vijay Singh Bisht said that for the first time had the issues of the dam displaced been resolved under the leadership of the state’s irrigation minister. He credited the efforts of the minister for enabling redressal of the issues outside the purview of the court.
