The emergency assistance project of Uttarakhand has been selected for the best performing project award given by the Union Ministry of Economic Affairs and Asian Development Bank (ADB). This project of Uttarakhand was selected out of 84 projects of the country and was awarded on the basis of performance on ten indicators.
This information was given in a high power committee of Uttarakhand emergency assistance chaired by the Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh at state secretariat here on Wednesday.
In the meeting, the CS said that third party evaluation of the construction projects should be conducted.
He said that the building of the State disaster response force (SDRF) would be built using traditional architecture of mountainous areas.
The CS ordered that the assets created should be transferred and use of modern technology should be done for new works. He said that the use of modern technology will help a lot in addressing many disasters.
It was informed during the meeting that after the disaster of 2013 the ADB had given economic assistance for maintaining drinking water supply, reconstruction of affected roads and spots of tourism. Along with rescue operation during disaster alternate routes were also developed during the time of disaster.
The administration prepared 147 trek routes and road construction in Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Nainital, Pauri, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri and Uttarkashi districts were done under the project.
Treatment of slip zones, construction of quake proof huts, repair of guest houses of tourism department and construction of helipads and hangers were also done under the ADB sponsored project.
The meeting was also attended by Additional Chief Secretary Om Prakash, Secretary Disaster management Amit Singh Negi, Additional Secretary Savin Bansal and other officers.