A task force was formed to prevent pollution and remove encroachments from around various water sources in the urban area under Ranchi district on Monday.
In the meeting held under the joint chairmanship of Ranchi Deputy Commissioner (DC), Rahul Kumar Sinha and Ranchi Municipal Commissioner, Amit Kumar a joint task force was formed for the action of identifying and removing all the unauthorized buildings falling within 15 meters from the boundary of Bada Talab, Harmu River, Hinnu River, Kanke Dam and other rivers and water reservoirs in Ranchi District.
Along with the river wise schedule, all the teams have been directed to take action as per the scheduled date.
Action will be taken to remove encroachment from around Bada Talab under the chairmanship of the Circle Officer of the city from September 08 to September 9. Action will be taken to remove encroachment from around Harmu River under the chairmanship of Circle Officer Hehal from September 11 to September 12. Action will be taken to remove encroachment from around Hinu river under the chairmanship of Circle Officer, Argora from September 13 to September 14. Action will be taken to remove encroachment from around Kanke Dam under the chairmanship of Circle Officer Hehal from September 15 to September 16.
Therefore, according to their responsibilities, the above constituted team will jointly take action to remove all the unauthorized structures which are within 15 meters of the river boundary. The machinery and equipment used to remove unauthorized structures will be handed over to Ranchi Municipal Corporation.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the District Level Coordination Committee was held under the chairmanship of Ranchi DC, Sinha. Ranchi DDC, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Director, District Rural Development Agency, DPM JSLPS, all Block Development Officers and other concerned officials were present.
In the meeting, first of all the block wise review of various housing schemes was done by Sinha. While giving necessary guidelines to the Block Development Officers to complete the construction work of the pending houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural), the DC asked them to reduce the time taken between the payment of the first and second installments by bringing necessary speed in the construction work. The DC asked to take action as per rules against the beneficiaries who do not get the houses constructed after receiving the installment. He asked all the Block Development Officers to review the houses that are complete, incomplete and to be completed under the scheme in their respective areas.