Chief secretary N Ravi Shankar has directed officials to ensure timely completion of prioritised works for the Ardh Kumbh Mela to held in Haridwar in 2016.
All clearances for such works should be issued by November 2 while for the other works proposals should be sent to the Mela officer by November 15. The CS said this while chairing a meet of the Ardh Kumbh high level empowered committee here on Monday.
He directed officials to depute a chief technical examiner for the works. All proposals will be sent through the nodal officer to the Mela officer who in turn will get this examined by the technical cell before forwarding the proposals to the Urban Development department.
Directing all departments concerned to work in coordination, the CS said that works of permanent nature that require more time should be started immediately.
He directed the officials to launch an Ardh Kumbh 2016 website and upload list of budgetary provisions and works. Officials informed that proposals worth `1,000 crore had been prepared for the Ardh Kumbh in addition to which Ganga Action Plan amounting to `1,600 crore had also been prepared.
The PWD has invited bids for four prioritised works costing `108 crore. A sum of `260 crore will be needed for 13 priority works. It was decided in the meeting that the PWD will construct 26 bridges while the Irrigation Department will construct four.