The Uttarakhand chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh informed secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Arun Goyal about the status of various developmental works in the state. During a video conference on Friday, Singh informed Goyal that the Char Dham road project was sanctioned in seven packages. He said that under these, 53 works have been sanctioned and out of these 37 sanctioned projects, he informed about progress in 28 projects. He said that four agencies have been working on this entire project. He further said that 87 per cent of land transfer work has been completed for the project and a sum of Rs 497 crore has been distributed as land compensation.
Singh informed Goyal that for Tapovan-Vishnugad hydro-electric project to be built at a cost of Rs 3846 crore, out of total 13 villages no-objection certificates (NOCs) for 12 villages have been obtained and the process to obtain the NOC for Hatgoan village is under process. He said that the cases of land compensation for Deoband-Roorkee new railway line to be built at cost of Rs 105 crore will be sorted out through mutual conciliation.
He further said that 84 per cent compensation for land acquired for Rishikesh-Karnprayag railway line to be built at a cost of Rs 4295 crore has been distributed. He said that the Uttarakhand administration has framed a resettlement and rehabilitation policy and the remaining compensation will also be paid soon as per the policy. Singh also informed about the action being initiated at the Uttarakhand government level for Rs 605.84 crore Kashipur-Sitarganj road project and Char Dhan connectivity and improvement project, Tehri pump storage plant, four laning of Chutmalpur-Ganeshpur and Roorkee-Chutmalpur-Saharanpur-Yamunagar road projects.
Additional chief secretary Om Prakash, Garhwal commissioner Shailesh Bagauli, Planning additional secretary Ranjit Sinha and heads of departments concerned and central government officials were also present in the meeting.