The development schemes of the border districts of Champawat and Pithoragarh which touches Nepal should be completed in a given time frame. No slackness would be tolerated in these top priority schemes. Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh was reviewing the progress of these projects through video conferencing. Chief Secretary instructed the Forest department to give permission of RVM clearance by tomorrow.
It was informed that for the 1.3 kilometer long road to be built from Tanakpur barrage to Nepal on the banks of Sharda river in the Indian territory, 30 thousand cubic meter ( earth and RBM) material was required by the PWD, PIU, Tanakpur. The permission for 20 thousand cubic meter of material extracted during the building of All Weather road has been granted. The permission to get remaining 11 thousand cubic meter material from Batangad ( Tanakpur) has been sought from the administration. Chief Secretary Instructed to speed up the work on the 1.3 kilometer long Tanakpur to Brahmadev ( Nepal) connecting road and the 1.2 kilometer long road from Tanakpur Barrage to Nepal and the canals and roads.
The District Magistrate informed that work on the project worth Rs.807 lakh has started by the working agency PIU, Thuligad, after sanctioning of the forest land and completion of the tender process. The project is slated to be completed by October 2018 and is being financed by NHPC, Banbassa.
The District Magistrate informed that the proposal of the 400 meter long bridge on Kali river connecting Khaldunga to Sirsa (Nepal) from Tanakpur to Jauljibi road to be built at an estimated cost of Rs. 1145.40 lakh has been sent to the state government. For selecting the place of the bridge, the Indian engineers along with their Nepali counterparts have selected the site after joint inspection on May 29. After the joint inspection, the estimates were sent to the government. The Chief Secretary asked the Forest Secretary to sent the letter to the government of India to allocate the money.
The NHPC has applied to the Mechanical Mines to construct the 1.2 kilometer long canal from Tanakpur Barrage to Nepal to be built at a cost of Rs.75 crore. The District Magistrate informed that the working agency require 12 hectares of land for canal construction for which compensatory land has been selected at Champawat. The project has to be completed in 18 months for which tender process is going on and the NHPC has deposited the money for compensatory afforestation as required under the Forest Conservation Act.
