Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has directed the officials concerned to provide executing agencies the cooperation as per their requirement to expedite work on the Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail line. It is important for this project- connected to the interests of the state- to be completed on time, he said. For this, focus should be laid on swift redressal of issues of the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and the executing agencies working on different packages for construction of the rail line. The CM said this while chairing a meeting with officials concerned to review the progress of the project.
The CM said that all the district magistrates have been directed to resolve project related issues in their respective areas. The Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail line and the Char Dham road project are important projects for the state. These will provide a boost to the Char Dham Yatra and tourism in the state, he said. The CM also heard the issues raised by representatives of organisations working on the project packages and directed the officials concerned for their redressal. He said that the State administration should take swift action on issues which are not being resolved at the level of the district magistrates. Officials were also directed to immediately resolve the problems being faced in supply of construction materials to the executing agencies. He also said that the executing agencies should facilitate as much employment opportunities for the local people as possible. Rawat further said that the local ITI students should be trained in operation and maintenance of the modern machinery being used in the project so that they can also access employment opportunities under the project.
Informing about the progress of the project, officials of the RVNL said that work on the Veerbhadra-New Rishikesh block section has been completed. One ROB and one RUB have also been constructed in Rishikesh. Work on 17 tunnels in the project has been divided into 10 packages. Further, work has also been started on ROB at Lachmoli and across the Alaknanda in Srinagar. Work on road bridges is underway at Srinagar, Gauchar and Siwai. The officials further informed that work on the Rishikesh-Devprayag block section and Devprayag-Karnprayag block section are to be completed by 2023-24 and2024-25 respectively. To connect the Char Dham- Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath by train, work on alignment of four railway lines totalling to 327 kilometre length is also being undertaken.
The CM’s industrial advisor KS Panwar, economic advisor Alok Bhatt, chief secretary Om Prakash, secretaries RK Sudhanshu, Shailesh Bagauli, special secretary PM Dhakate, additional secretary MS Bisht, Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail line chief project manager Himanshu Badoni and other officials concerned were also present in the meeting.
Friday, 04 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
