Taking a serious note of the implementation of the declarations made by him related to tourism, irrigation, public works department (PWD) and drinking water departments, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat undertook a review of the progress on these announcements over a video conferencing session with all the District Magistrates and some senior officers at the State secretariat on Friday.
The PWD officers told the CM that work on 348 out of 488 total announcements related with the department has been completed and the work on remaining 138 announcements would be completed by December 2018. The CM directed the DMs that all required clearances to PWD projects should be given within 15 days.
The officials of the irrigation department said that work on 30 announcements out of 70 is complete and the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of 18 announcements have been prepared while work on preparing DPRs of 20 announcements has been going on.
The CM said that the remaining DPRs should be submitted by August 15. He also directed that work on construction of small check dams, ponds and preservation of rivers should be done with utmost seriousness.
Rawat suggested that a plan to supply gravity water to Bharadisain and Gairsain should be prepared.
On Song dam near Dehradun, the CM was informed that the plan to complete the construction of Song dam within 350 working days has been prepared.
The proposed dam would be 148 meters in height and a lake spreading four square kms would get formed. The dam would provide gravity water to the residents from Ragadgaon to Haldwaddi in Dehradun.
The officials of drinking water department said that the work on 70 announcements made by the CM would get completed by the end of this year. The CM directed the DMs to conduct detailed survey for building small check dams, and ponds to recharge the water resources.
He directed the secretary to convene a meeting to prepare a work plan for encouraging irrigation through pipes and drip irrigation. The CM said that the DMs should create more employment opportunities while executing the Government schemes. Rawat said that a sum of Rs50 lakh each has been released to develop new tourist destinations under “13 districts, 13 destinations” scheme.
He also took feedback from the DMs on direct benefit transfer (DBT)s scheme, reaction of people on it, quality of ration given to the beneficiaries of various schemes and availability of kerosene in their respective districts.
The additional chief secretary Om Parkash, principal secretary Anand Vardhan, secretary Amit Singh Negi, Dilip Jawalkar and all district magistrates were present over the video conferencing.
watermills ( Gharats) would get revived
The traditional watermills ( Gharats) would get revived in Dehradun. The CM has directed the officials to set up 20 to 25 such water mills on the water streams of Dehradun. The intention of the Government is to preserve the tradition and to develop these ancient water mill spots as tourist destinations. The CM expressed his wish to see Dehradun being developed as the watermill hub.