At the board meeting of the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited chaired by its chairman Subhash Kumar, it was decided that promotions pending over four years of Assistant Engineers to Superintending Engineers would now be possible.
These promotions were withheld after the orders of the High Court and now will be made after having been cleared after court orders of September 4, 2013.
The board also took the decision that the corporation would be authorised to give IIT Roorkee the work of environmental impact assessment of the the existing as well as proposed projects in Gauri Ganga River Valley.
Kumar added that the returns for FY 2012-13 had been approved, in which `18.43 crore of profit had been earned.
Approval was given to submitting a proposal to the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Authority for modernisation and renovation of power houses in Ramnagar and Khatima.
The HNB Garhwal Central University has been given the responsibility of estimating the environmental impact on rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi of hydel projects constructed, under-construction and proposed.
The UJVN has also been empowered to draft a local development plan fund and present it to the Government.
The Board has also given its consent to make necessary changes to the design of projects including 4.5 MW Asi Ganga- I, 4.5 MW Asi Ganga II and 1.5 MW Dunav projects after the recent Uttarakhand disaster.