Chief Secretary N Ravishankar has asked the officials to upload all the pending projects on the Central Cabinet Secretariat portal. He instructed this while presiding over a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Investment Project Monitoring group in the secretariat on Friday. Things related to projects worth over `1000 crore, which are stuck from the Union Government‘s end, can be expedited online.
The project monitoring group monitors projects worth less than Rs 1000 crore. If a project is pending due to the Union Government’s non-clearance it should be uploaded on their website because they have made digitized provision of clearance procedures.To expedite clearance process for the 440 MW under-constructed Vishnugaad Peepalkoti hydro power project, CS instructed the officials to form coordination committee led by Garhwal Commissioner. The projectsis being executed by THDC and the State has given 94 hectare land for this. CS instructed THDC to provide four hectare land to the PTCUl for the construction of the sub-station.
For Tehri pump storage plant, where mining lease was awarded up to three acres land, the order will be amended by the State Government. For Kissau barrage, Himachal Pradesh has given its approval and a MoU between Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh would be signed. For the construction of Vidhan Sabha and secretariat at Raipur, Forest and Environment Ministry’s nodal office has raised some objection which needs to be dealt with. For the construction of ropeway in Hemkund, clearance has been procured and National Board of wild life has made spot inspection and probably necessary clearance would be made.
During the meeting, the central cabinet secretariat joint secretary D BH Joy, secretary Tourism Umakant Panwar, secretary planning MC Joshi, additional secretary Estate Vinay Shankar Pandey and Additional Secretary forest Manoj Chandran were present.