Chief Minister Raghubar Das holding a meeting of Greater Ranchi Development Authority (GRDA) directed to officials to complete the construction works of the High Court and Vidhan Sabha building within stipulated time frame along with houses meant for rehabilitation by December.
“Complete all the procedures related to providing houses for displaced with all facilities like approach road, power etc in time. Progress should be reviewed every month for building High Court and Assembly buildings,” said the CM passing instructions to the officials of GRDA on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister said that all the Departments related to the construction should be notified that in case of spending more than the amount fixed in the tender, prior permission has to be taken. “There are complaints about such things being done without permission. It should not happen.”
The Chief Minister was informed in the meeting that the construction work of the Vidhan Sabha will be completed by January while the construction of 393 houses for the displaced will be completed by December this year. Related paperwork is being completed for the Secretariat Building.
Besides the CM, Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi, Development Commissioner DK Tiwari, Additional Chief Secretary of Finance Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Secretary of Department of Building Construction Sunil Kumar and other officials were present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, Das alongwith Minister, Department of Urban Development, Housing and Planning CP Singh and other senior officials inspected Morhabadi Ground to check the ongoing civil construction work progress there. Notably, the Morhabadi Ground is being transformed into atheme park in the lines of New York’s Times Square. The CM during the inspection ordered the officials to speed up the task considering its deadline.
The civil construction work of this major venture has been undertaken by Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Company Limited (JUIDCO) in association with a Singapore based architecture company. Recently, the CM had instructed the officials to revise the proposal and shift the LED screens.
Minister, Urban Development Department, CP Singh during the inspection said that besides the civil construction task, the department is also trying to rope in a few advertisers for the maintenance of the place.
“Being designed on the model of New York’s Times Square, the Department is getting in touch with the potential advertisers. A few people of Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) have been contacted. The revenue generated from the advertisement hoardings will be utilized in the maintenance of Morhabadi Ground,” said the Minister.