The National Building Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC India Ltd) will undertake channelisation, construction of public utilities, construction of homes for the poor, parking facility and beautification of the river front area along a marked stretch of the Rispana and Bindal rivers in Dehradun.
These works will be undertaken at a cost of about Rs 750 crore. As per the memorandum of understanding, the NBCC India Limited will undertake these works along a 1.2 kilometre stretch of the Rispana river and 2.5 kilometre stretch of the Bindal river.
The MoU was signed between NBCC and Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority here on Saturday in the presence of chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. This is said to be the biggest project of the MDDA till date.
The NBCC will undertake the river front development and beautification works as per the PMC model. The Chief Minister industrial adviser KS Panwar, MDDA vice chairman Ashish Kumar Srivastav, PS Rawat from NBCC India Limited and MDDA secretary PC Dumka among others were also present on the occasion.