Haryana Government has issued policy guidelines for considering the proposals of private, Government, public sector bodies or undertakings for allowing construction of road bridges, roads and laying of various utility pipelines or cables in the State.
The decision to lay down specific guidelines had been taken in view of the sharp increase in the number of such proposals, said a spokesman of Irrigation and Water Resources Department.
He said that all the applications seeking permission for construction of a road bridge including an over bridge or crossing of a utility line across a canal or drain or river or rivulet and for construction of a metalled road or laying of utility lines in the Government land along a canal/drain/river/rivulet would be submitted to the concerned executive engineer. The application would be accompanied by non-refundable processing fees of Rs 10,000 in case of proposals with discharge upto 350 cusecs and Rs 25,000 in case of proposals with discharge more than 350 cusecs.
The requisite documents or NOC’s would be routed and scrutinised by the executive engineer. In case of bridges or roads or any other structure other than utility pipelines, after acceptance or approval of the proposal by the competent authority, an agreement would be executed by the concerned executive engineer on behalf of Haryana Governor with project proponent stipulating all the necessary conditions therein as may be necessary to safeguard the interest of the state in various eventualities.
The spokesman said that charges would not be levied in case of grant of permission to lay or construct pipelines or roads or bridges, State or Central Government Departments or National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), RoU/RoW. The project proponent would be required to submit the time-frame within which it plans to execute the infrastructure works.
The project proponent would execute the works strictly as per the technical standards and parameters specified in this policy. The quality of work must adhere to the standard Codes of Practice and Public Works Department specifications, said he.
No proposed structure would be allowed to be installed by the project proponent unless a structure stability or safety certificate, design, drawing, specification and estimate is obtained from any of the IIT’s, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra and Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee.