The Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar reviewed the progress of lakhwad, Vyasi Hydro projects in the meeting held at the Secretariat on Friday.
He has given directions to expedite the work of the 20 MW Vyasi Hydro project and to get the second stage of the forest clearance of 300 MW lakhwad project by January. The Chief Secretary said that work of building the Vyasi Hydro Project worth Rs 936 crore began in November. The construction work will complete by March, 2017 and production of 3,75.24 million units of electricity will Begin.
Speaking about the lakhwad multipurpose project, he added that the project will generate 612.93 million Units electricity, 3,3780 hectare irrigation facility and 78.83 MCM of drinking water. This project will also benefit Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The project worth 3,966.51 crores will be commenced by June 2014. We have a target of completing work by December 2019. Present in the meeting were Additional Chief Secretary BP Pandey, DM Dehradun BVRC Purushottam, Additional Secretary Finance MC Joshi, Nodal Officer forest and other officers.