Following the initiative of Chief Minister Raman Singh, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has approved around 0.90 hectares of reserve forest land for development of Ropeway and to take up other developmental works in pilgrimage town of Dongargarh in Rajnandgaon district.
With this approval, work for construction of Ropeway towards historic Bamleshwari temple located on a hill-top is going to be complete soon, officials stated. In this regard, Singh expressed gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar for the move.
As per information received, Director General of Forest, Union Forest, Environment and Climate Change Dr S S Negi on Thursday handed over approval letter of the forest clearance (for the forest land) to the Chief Minister at his official residence.
On the occasion, the State’s Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Principal Secretary (Home) BVR Subramanian, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Aman Kumar Singh, Industry Secretary Subodh Kumar Singh, Principal Chief Conservator Forest (PCCF) A A Boaz and other officials were also present.