To review the progress report of ongoing projects, Chief Minster Harish Rawat convened a meeting with Program Implementation Units (PIU) and District Magistrates through video conferencing. During the meeting CM Rawat directed the DMs to start the work according to the funds sanctioned to them.
He instructed to the officials to give Rs 125 crore to the district under the PIU Program and asked the secretaries to visit the spot and review the work personally. He directed the DMs to work in close condition with the department officers. It has to be ensured that there is no duplicacy in the programs under PIU and those sanctioned by the departments.
The CM has asked the DMs to pay special attention to the repair of roads, damaged drinking water projects, damaged canals and school buildings which were affected during the disaster. Work on such projects must be carried out at priority. The CM said that the DMs must give priority to the projects which help in employment generation. He said that there must be dove tailing with schemes such as MNREGA.
The committee presided over by the SDM formed under PIU must have the power to sanction upto one crore rupees. He also took information from the SDMs. The CM told the officers that negligence of any sort shall not be accepted. The DMs must monitor the programs being carried out under PIU closely. The CM has asked the Chief Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary to hold a meeting with the DMs through video conferencing and take report of the development projects.
During the review meet, the DMs gave information about the work being carried out in districts through PIU. 3 PIUs have been constituted for Rudraprayag, 5 crore rupees have been sanctioned for 101 projects under this. Out of this work has begun on 56 projects. For Chamoli, there are 6 PIUs and Rs five crore. The district has received a sanction for 67 projects. In Uttarkashi, Rs 5 crore have been sanctioned for the proposed 350 projects. 4 PIU have been sanctioned for this district.
Work has begun on 115 districts. In Bageshwar, 64 projects have been proposed and work has begun on 35 of them. In Tehri, work on 87 projects is under process. There are 6 PIUs in this district. In Hardwar, there are 3 PIUs and a proposal of 49 projects. Work has begun on 44 of them. Present in the meeting were Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, Principal Secretary to the CM SS Sandhu, Principal Secretary Drinking Water S Raju, Ravinath Raman and other department officers.