Foundation stone of sewer pipeline was laid by the Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik near Chandracharya Chownk under the Centre-sponsored Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme on Wednesday. The cost of the project is estimated at nearly Rs 9 crore. And it would be laid from Rishikul to Mayapur to Tobdi area, traversing through Chandracharya Chownk, Aryanagar Chownk, Govind Puri, New Vikas colony and Pooja Namkeen Gali.
During the foundation laying programme, the minister said, “It is an attempt on the part of the Government to fulfil the expectations of the people.” He further said that to solve the sewerage problem in the district, the state government had approved sewerage projects worth `36 crore with the assistance of the Centre which would be completed in one year, adding that the gas pipeline laying work too would be completed soon in the district.
The Minister said that all possible efforts are being made by the Government to deal with the dengue menace. Nagar Nigam, Nagar Palika and Nagar Panchayat have been asked to do fogging in the areas under their jurisdictional limits. “Besides, the chief medical officer of the district hospital would visit the dengue- prone areas and all the officials have been asked to work hard to rid the district of the vector-borne disease,” he said.
Dwelling on the steps being taken to solve the traffic congestion problem, Kaushik said that as part of developing basic infrastructural facilities in the district, the state government is mulling to build seven big parking lots in the city that would go a long way in easing vehicular movement at major crossings. “To deal with the traffic problems, the State Government is also considering a proposal to build a ring road in the city,” he said, adding that a plan has been firmed up on stopping the recurrent water- logging problem in several city areas. “Besides, beautification of Chandracharya Chowk and parks under Nagar Palika is underway,” he said.
He said that four lakh beneficiaries under Ujjwala prorgramme would be given free gas connections till 2019. “Assistance is being given to girls since their birth to the time they marry by the state government,” said the minister. Sounding concerned over the migration problem plaguing the hills, the minister said that a commission has been set up to check the trend.
Among others present during the foundation stone laying ceremony were the mayor Manoj Garg, MNA Nitin Bhadauria, executive engineer Sanjay Singh, project implementation unit head of AMRUT, Mukesh Kaushik.