State Irrigation Minister Yashpal Arya chaired a meeting to review the works of the Irrigation department here on Wednesday.
In the meeting, the Minister directed senior officials of the administration and Irrigation department to execute the centrally funded flood protection works on priority and added that the Jamrani dam was also among the top priorities for the State.
Arya said that in the meeting held between Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, the UP State had accorded its approval in principle to construction of the project while also agreeing that the Jamrani project should be declared a national project.
The Irrigation secretary informed that the Forest Department has raised some objections regarding the Jamrani dam.
There is need for 351 hectare land for which the case is being advocated at the district magistrate and commissioner level.
The project will cost about Rs 2,350 crore and about 400 acres land will be needed for rehabilitation of the project affected people. Arya directed that an SE level officer should visit Hardoi along with other officials and submit his report within 15 days on the case.
He said that the forest clearance should be secured first and the revised DPR should be submitted to the central water commission. Arya also directed officials to secure the approval for forest land transfer
from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.