Urban Development minister Madan Kaushik held a review meeting of the construction works for underground power line, water, sewer line and gas pipeline along with the Haridwar district magistrate C Ravishankar here on Friday. During the review, Kaushik instructed the officials of the departments concerned to work in coordination with each other.
He said that the road, electricity and water system should be repaired and officers should discharge their duties diligently.
He gave strict instructions to Public Works Department officials to complete the construction works on the roads in time and take special care of quality.
He told the officials of the electricity department that wires are hanging above the main road and only meters have been installed on them. These should be corrected immediately.
He also directed the officials of the PWD and the Municipal Corporation of Haridwar to immediately repair the roads in view of the rain.
He instructed national highway officials to fill potholes on the highway from Jatwada bridge to Shantikunj at war footing and complete the work within a week. Strict action will be taken if the work is found to be incomplete during inspection, he warned.
Kaushik inquired from the officials about the problems faced in the execution of works. On the condition of waterlogging at the Pavan Dham intersection, strict instructions were given for facilitating the drainage of water so that it can be resolved. The district magistrate said that if any pipeline is broken by any department while working, then the officials of the department concerned will be informed to that immediate action is taken to fix it. The district magistrate also gave guidelines regarding the problem of cable network wiring. Municipal commissioner Narendra Bhandari, executive engineer of underground power line Pawan Kumar, superintending engineer SC Pandey, PWD executive engineer Deepak Kumar, Peyjal Nigam executive engineers Ajay Kumar, Mohammed Misham and other officials concerned were also present in the meeting.