In a bid to make a flood-protection wall on both sides of the river, between Jashiyada and Tiloth, Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (UJVNl) has been authorised to invite tenders in next three days.
This was decided in a meeting led by Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar and attended by other Government officials, at the Secretariat on Wednesday. The wall will be built for the security of Uttarkashi city.
Besides this, it was also decided that the work completed by the irrigation department, worth Rupees 16 crores will be inspected by Garhwal Commissioner DS Gabryal .
During the meeting, it was shared that UJVNl has submitted a tender for rupees 19 crores to build the flood-protection wall on the left side of the river. UJVNl will also construct the wall on the right side of the river and the tender for the same will be submitted within the next 3 days.
The Nigam will spruce security measures in Uttarkashi city by working on a total budget of rupees 63 crores, which includes construction of sewer lines and river banks and making lighting arrangements too. The safety wall will be built up to the roadway, so that a safety road may be built over it. The irrigation department had been originally given rupees 47 crores for its work, of which the department has expedited rupees 16 crores.
It was decided that a committee, headed by Garhwal Commissioner DS Gabryal will be formed to inspect the completed work. The committee will include engineers from irrigation department and UJVNl, along with Additional Secretary (Irrigation) VK Tamta and will submit its report by November 10. To ensure that the inspection is fair and unbiased, the current engineers positioned in Uttarkashi will be transferred.
Another important decision taken in the meeting was to grant rupees 30 crores to the irrigation department to undertake flood-security work, construction of banks and other tasks in Uttarkashi.
The PWD department has been assigned the task to construct the Tiloth bridge with a budget of rupees 2.5 crores. As temporary measures, the PWD will set up a temporary foot-bridge within three months and a light-vehicle bridge within
six months.
The PWD will also construct a 120-metres swing bridge. Groundwork to construct a bridge in Manera, above the mega-stadium has also been initiated.
It was shared that 4,10,000 metric tonnes of debris collected in Uttarkashi at the time of the disaster. It will be the duty of the DM to have the debris removed, after the Commissioner’s permission. Agencies responsible for removing the debris, UJVNl, VRO, PWD and irrigation department will also be provided minor minerals at the work site.
The meeting also was attended by MlA Vijay Pal Sajwan, Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, FRDC BP Pandey, Principal Secretary (Irrigation) Om Prakash, Secretary (Disaster Management) Bhaskaranand, Additional Secretary PWD Amit Negi, Additional Secretary (Industry) Shailesh Bagoli and others.