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Dehradun, July 03 (HS). Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has given instructions to expedite the work of master drainage plan and flood plan zoning of cities. Along with this, he has asked to prepare and submit a concrete plan within 02 months for removing silt from the dams and dredging system to increase the water level.
While reviewing the irrigation department at the secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave several instructions to the officials. The Chief Minister directed to expedite all the proceedings to be done at the state level to connect the Pindar and Kosi rivers. He said that to ensure that pure water reaches the Ganga and its tributaries, such drains should also be identified where STPs are not installed. Special attention should be paid to the construction of ghats. Flood protection works should be expedited. Special attention should be paid to increasing irrigation facilities in the hilly areas and maintenance of canals.
The Chief Minister directed to complete all proceedings by September so that work on Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project and Song Dam Drinking Water Project starts soon. He said that a budget of Rs 710 crore has been provisioned for the project in the financial year 2024-25. This project will create availability of 117 MLD drinking water in Haldwani city and its adjoining areas and additional irrigation capacity of about 57 thousand hectares, while the Song Dam project will ensure 150 MLD gravity drinking water supply for the estimated population of Dehradun city and suburban areas till 2053.
A budget of Rs 300 crore has been provisioned for the Song Dam in the financial year 2024-25. He asked to complete the treatment work of Baliyanala landslide area of Nainital district, protective work to prevent landslides and landslides near Haldapani Law College of Chamoli district and Gwalgaon landslide treatment work in Dharchula development block of Pithoragarh soon.
It was told in the meeting that for providing clean drinking water, tourism development, fisheries and ground water enrichment, Tharkot lake in Pithoragarh, Kolidhek Jhal in Champawat, reservoir on Gagas river in Almora have been constructed. Embankment strengthening work has been done from Ghatgarh drain situated on Kali river in Dharchula to India-Nepal bridge. Work is being done on drainage plan in 14 important cities of the state. Survey of Dehradun has been completed.
Vice Chairman Infrastructure Monitoring Council Vishwas Dabur, Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Additional Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan, Principal Secretary R.K. Sudhanshu, Secretary R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Dr. R. Rajesh Kumar, Special Secretary Dr. Parag Madhukar Dhakate and concerned officers were present in the meeting.
