The Chief Minister Harish Rawat met the member of National Disaster Management Authority K Saleem at the Secretariat on Friday. During the meeting CM said that the BRO has been given Rs 52 crore for the treatment of Badhethi-Tehkala route under Varunawat Treatment scheme. Out of the three bridges, the BRO has not completed work on even one bridge. The nine km road too has not been constructed. He has sent a letter in this regard to the Defence Ministry. Under the flood control program, the Irrigation Department too has been directed to concentrate on constant development.
There are big boulders in the river Ganga next to Uttarkashi- Ganaganani motor marg. Assistance is being taken from technical institutes to remove this he added that work is extensively on to repair the damaged roads on the way to Char Dham Yatra. The CM said that the structure of the disaster management department should be further strengthened.
Saleem said that a better guideline should be designed to deal with the landslides in Himachal. He further suggested that there should be better flood control systems in Uttarkashi. There should be a better management plan for Char Dham Yatra so that the national highways are better managed. He suggested appointment of specialists in disaster management department for earthquakes, landslide and flood control. Present in the meeting were the Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar and Secretary Disaster Management Bhaskaranand amongst others.