As part of the Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail project, the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has approved Rs 12 crore for construction of a stadium at Ganganali Srikot and Rs eight crore for construction of auditorium in Srinagar.
Officials of the corporation also gave their consent for beautification of Ramleela Maidan and construction of Thandi Road in Srinagar. New Panchayat Bhawans will be constructed in each Gram Panchayat of Srinagar Assembly constituency while the existing Panchayat Bhawans will be renovated.
Further, damaged school buildings in the area will be repaired using money from the disaster head and MLA fund.
These decisions were taken in a review meeting of the Srinagar constituency chaired by State minister Dhan Singh Rawat here on Wednesday. Officials of the Panchayati Raj department, Rural Development department, Revenue, School Education and RVNL attended the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that under the Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail project, the RVNL will provide Rs 12 crore for construction of a stadium at Ganganali Srikot and eight crore for construction of an auditorium in Srinagar.
The RVNL officers also granted their approval for facilitating beautification of the Ramleela Maidan and construction of Thandi Road in Srinagar. In the meeting, Rawat also directed officials of the Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Education departments to work in coordination to facilitate repairing of damaged schools in the area using money from the disaster head and the MLA fund.
In areas where there are no Panchayat Bhawans, the same should be constructed using departmental fund and MLA fund along with construction of public toilets. The minister also directed the officials to facilitate construction public toilets and public libraries in every Panchayat area.
The Garhwal commissioner Ravinath Raman, revenue secretary in-charge Sushil Kumar, additional secretary and director of Panchayati Raj, SC Semwal, Pauri district magistrate Dhiraaj Garbyal and other officials concerned were also present in the meeting.