After getting the green signal for the construction of Railway line from Rishikesh to Karnprayag, the Pauri district administration has started to work towards ensuring the required cooperation. In the construction of 126 kilometer railway line from Rishikesh to Karnprayag a total of 16 tunnels will be constructed. Seventeen villages of district Pauri will be affected by the construction of the railway line. In this regard a meeting was conducted in the meeting hall of the Nagar Palika Parishad at district headquarter Pauri on the weekend, which was presided by Additional District Magistrate Ramjee Saran Sharma and attended by the DGM of Railways, member of survey team, block development officer and Tehsildar.
The detailed discussion on the acquisition of the land, the proper compensation and other related aspects was held among the officials concerned. Additional District Magistrate Sharma said that the work conducted in the construction of railway line from its first phase to the last phase, the videography will be made for ensuring transparency in the work. Firstly the survey team will conduct the claims and complaints, to redress the misunderstanding of the persons of the affected villages during the acquisition of the land for the purpose of railway line. The railway DGM said that the proceedings for the acquisition of land of the affected villages in the district Pauri will start from May 27, while the district administration will make efforts to constitute 17 survey teams for conducting the survey. The survey team will take all measures for the land compensation, rehabilitation and the development of the means of the affected persons.