Tuesday, 15 October 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has set up a deadline of one week to all the district magistrates (DM) for identifying dumping zones for proper disposal of debris generated during monsoon, landslides and highway construction activity.
The CS chaired a meeting of senior officers of Border Roads Organization (BRO), National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) on dumping zones at the State secretariat on Monday.
In the meeting the CS directed the DMs to identify revenue land on national highways on a priority basis for dumping sites and identify forest land in case of non-availability of revenue land.
On a stern note, Raturi said that the agencies should strictly follow the rule of disposal of debris only in the designated dumping zones and warned that action will be initiated against agencies for violation of rules.
The CS said that in case of saturation, possibilities for expanding the previously identified dumping zones should be studied. She also directed the DMs to prepare an action plan for the use of the debris after it is deposited at the identified dumping sites. The CS said that green patches should be developed at the dumping sites and bamboo saplings should be planted there. She also directed the DMs to ensure effective coordination and joint inspection in the selection of sites for dumping at the district level by the agencies concerned, Revenue and Forest departments.
Secretary Pankaj Kumar Pandey and senior officers of PWD, BRO, NHIDCL and DMs of Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh, and Tehri attended the meeting.
