Out of the 12 work plans approved by the Gairsain Development Council (GDC) board meeting in May 2015, execution of four schemes has been completed with progress being made towards completion of the remaining approved works. This was stated by officials at a meeting chaired by Vidhan Sabha Deputy Speaker and GDC chairman Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri here on Tuesday.
The officials informed that four of the 12 approved works have been completed while the tender process is in progress for most of the remaining works. The council chairman also stressed on timely work for approval of accidental fund under administrative head, installing fixtures, computer and printer in addition to appointment of a typing clerk and class IV employee through PRD outsourcing for setting up the GDC office in the room allocated in Gairsan block office.
Maikhuri said that during the assembly session in Gairsain some decision had been taken at the administrative level regarding execution of important works with GDC fund. Officials of Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA), Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam-Rudraprayag, power distribution block Narayanbagad and Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan-Karnprayag spoke on aspects of their respective departments regarding the works. A total of 10 such estimations were received and after Maikhuri’s approval and expected clearance by the board, the necessary funds had been released to the executing agencies.
The construction of the Gairsain taxi stand is in progress. Sulabh International, Dehradun is undertaking the construction of a Sulabh Shauchalay near Diwalikhal motor station for which Rs 5,00,000 out of the approved Rs 22,14,000 has been released to the executing agency so far. Money has also been released for construction of Sulabh Shauchalay below Chaukhutiya Pandavkhal road. Officias further informed that Rs 76,25,000 is approved for construction of guest house and improvement at Public Works Department Chaukhutiya with the tender process in progress for this task. Purchase has been made for installation of 30 street lights in Gairsain Nagar Panchayat, 10 in Diwalikhal Bazaar and 15 in Bharadisain area. The installation of these lights is to be undertaken by UREDA.
A sum of Rs 14,32,750 has been approved for this task which is slated to be completed by February 2016. A sum of Rs 6,32,000 is approved for installation of street lights and required wires in Gairsain township which will be executed by the executive engineer of Narayanbagad power distribution block. Urban Development secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram, Drinking Water additional secretary Arjun Singh, Chamoli district magistrate Vinod Kumar Suman, Chamoli chief development officer DD Pant, additional district magistrate, Gairsain, Kishan Singh Negi and other departmental officers were also among those present in the meeting.