The Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has given directions to open the tender for repair of roads destroyed during the disaster.
The tender shall open from February 15-20. The work of repair of roads should be finished in a fast track mode. Chief Secretary must review the development weekly whereas the Principal Secretary PWD must personally keep a watch on the work being done in the five Disaster affected districts.
The officials concerned must camp in Delhi to complete the formalities with the ADB as well as World Bank. The CM reviewed the repair work being done in the roads of the affected districts. He added that help must be taken from consultants and construction agencies. The CM V Bahuguna stated that transparency should be maintained while dealing with the tenders.
Modern technology should be adopted so that the work can be taken up even in winters. Keeping the coming lok Sabha elections in mind, a letter should be written to the election commission to keep the work of reconstruction of disaster affected roads apart from the election code of conduct.
Also present on the occasion were Cabinet Minister Dr Harak Singh Rawat, Dinesh Aggarwal, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, and Principal Secretary PWD SS Sandhu, Secretary Finance and disaster Management Bhaskaranand, Secretary PWD Amit Negi, Additional Secretary PWD Dilip Jawalkar, Chief Engineer lalit Mohan and other officers from the concerneddepartment.