All the members were instructed to render their best possible assistance for rebuilding the disaster hit areas of the State.
A one-day workshop on sustainable rehabilitation strategy for disaster affected Uttarakhand would be organised by The Institution of Engineers (India) Uttarakhand State Centre on Saturday, this was said by Vice President, Institution of Engineers (India) Narendra Singh in a press conference held in Dehradun on Tuesday.
He said that the engineers will extend best possible assistance for rebuilding the infrastructures that were damaged in the higher parts of the State due to the natural calamities that rocked in the entire state, last month. Singh also expressed concern over the damaged national highway,Government, private and commercial establishments, potable water pipelines, electricity poles etc. and said that members of the IEI have been already instructed to extend best possible help to the Government machinery for rebuilding infrastructure.
Singh also claimed that the members will also take effective measures for creating awareness among the masses about the precautionary measures to reduce the damage during the natural calamities.
Singh said that members and guests will debate on how to rebuild the infrastructure as per the demand of the villagers and to reduce the loss, if the natural calamities including earthquake, landslide, mudslide etc strikes Uttarakhand in the near future. Speaking on the occasion, JP Tomar, President, IEI (Uttarakhand Chapter) said that hydro power projects are safe in the State and said that members have already pulled up its socks for assisting the Government machinery in order to carry speedy relief works in the disaster hit areas of the State.