The job card holders of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) will be employed for completing construction works safety walls along different rivers and other constructions damaged due to incessant rain and flood in the district, said Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam on Wednesday.
The reports of different departments like Irrigation, Public Works Department, Jal Sansthan and others revealed that government properties with an estimated value of Rs 50 crore has been damaged due to incessant rain in the district, he added.
The reports received from different departments revealed that several safety walls long the rivers, nullahs and others in the different parts of district have been damaged due to disaster. Following this, soil erosion along the rivers has been adversely affecting locals. Some residents informed him that safety walls along the rivers have collapsed which is causing water logging following rains. Purushottam has directed the BDOs to install wire netting at such locations through MNREGS job card holders to prevent further soil erosion.
The MNREGS job card holders will be employed for flood control related works. All the block development officers have been directed to prepare report on damage to safety walls along rivers, flood prone areas experiencing soil erosion, installing wire net and others in consultation with irrigation department engineers and submit it to him by Thursday. Department action will be taken against officers found negligent, he warned.
To provide safety to the Dhakrani residents, job card holders should be employed to build safety walls. The irrigation department engineers have been directed to prepare reports on projects completed recently and proposed works.