Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday directed officials to maintain the quality as per the approved specifications in executing the Swan river channelisation, which was the biggest flood control project of the State. He also directed to ensure that no mining activity was done in the district and all required material was extracted from the identified authorized sources only.
Presiding over the governing body meeting of H.P Swan river Channelisation Authority, he said that the area channelised should be simultaneously reclaimed for agriculture use so that farmers could start earning livelihood. He also directed that the works of channelisation of Swan river and all its tributaries should be completed in a phased manner so that the channelised land could be saved from the fury of floods in the future.
Singh said that the channelisation of Swan was one of the ambitious projects of the State government which would protect the thousands of fertile land of the Una district from floods. This would go a long way in increasing the food grain production in the district which would benefit the entire State as a whole. The CM expressed satisfaction that the target for providing 137 kilometers embankment and reclaiming 2,200 hectares area fixed for the year 2014-15 had been achieved by spending Rs308 crore.