Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Wednesday rapped the District Forest Officer of Bokaro in connection with the pending inspection of Chas-Ramgarh section of NH-23 of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and instructed the DFO to complete the inspection process in one week’s time. Gauba’s instructions came at the meeting of Cabinet Committee of Investment Monitoring Group on Wednesday.
Gauba said proposal of the Chas-Ramgarh section of NH-23 was complete in March, 2015 yet inspection work was kept on back burner. He also issued instructions to expedite forest clearance for Ranchi-Mahulia road construction project under Saraikela division.
Gauba expressed that Ranchi-Jamshedpur Four-lane Road Project is extremely significant for the State yet the progress is not satisfactory, he conveyed to the officials of NHAI to complete the project quickly so that people can avail the benefits of the project and four-lane project between Hazaribagh and Barhi could be started.
The CS was informed in the meeting that forest clearance proposal for Aurangabad-Barwadda six-lane project has been sent to Ministry of Forest and Environment. Officials of Indian Railway informed Gauba that work for Tori-Sibatpur-Katotia rail line is in progress and land issues at Chatra and latehar has been resolved.
Gauba directed the Hazaribagh DC to resolve the dispute in Pakri-Barwadih project and maintain law and order besides showing a green signal to NTPC to start the project. He also instructed the Chatra DC to complete forest clearance proposals for CCl and also accelerate land certification process.