The State chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh asked the officials to ensure that all the developmental projects undertaken for the border districts of Champawat and Pithoragarh are completed strictly within the stipulated time-frame. He warned them against any laid-back attitude towards execution of these projects which are marked as top priority ones. The Government would not brook slackness, he told them firmly. He said this while reviewing the progress of these projects through video conferencing at the State secretariat on Friday.
The meeting was informed that for the 1.3 kilometer long road stretch to be built from Tanakpur barrage to Nepal on the banks of Sharda river in the the Indian territory, 30 thousand cubic meter of construction material is required by the PWD. For this project, permission for collecting 20 thousand cubic meter of material extracted during the construction of all-weather road has been granted by the administration. CS was told that the permission to get remaining 11 thousand cubic meter materials from Batangad (Tanakpur) has been sought from the administration.
CS directed the officers to expedite work on the 1.3 km- long Tanakpur to Brahmadev ( Nepal) connecting road and the 1.2 km long road connecting Tanakpur Barrage to Nepal. The District Magistrate of Champawat said that project of construction of roads is being financed by NHPC, Banbasa and is slated to be completed by end of October 2018.
He further informed that a proposal of constructing a 400 meter long bridge on Kali river connecting Khaldunga to Sirsa (Nepal) from Tanakpur to Jauljibi road to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 11.45 crores has been sent to the State Government.
He added that Indian engineers along with their Nepali counterparts have selected the site for the bridge after the joint inspection was conducted on May 29. The chief secretary asked the forest secretary to dispatch a letter to the Government of India for the allocation of the funds.
The project to construct a 1.2 kilometer long canal from Tanakpur Barrage to Nepal at a cost of Rs 75 crore was also discussed during the meeting. The District Magistrate Champawat informed that the executing agency requires 12 hectares of land for canal construction for which compensatory land has been selected in Champawat.
Among those present during the video conferencing session were the additional chief secretary Om Prakash and nodal officer Forest Manoj Chandran.