PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
A review meeting was held at UJVN Limited’s headquarters under the chairmanship of managing director Ajay Kumar Singh to ensure the timely completion of the Lakhwar multipurpose project and speed up construction work.
Senior officers and representatives from UJVN Limited, project management consultant Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) and contractor Larsen and Toubro Limited (L&T) attended the meeting. Singh said that the Lakhwar project is important for several States and will play a major role in Uttarakhand’s goal of becoming Urja Pradesh.
He said that UJVNL management is committed to complete the project within the scheduled time frame. To achieve this goal, it was decided that weekly targets would be set and progress would be reviewed in detail every week. He said that special emphasis was placed on preparing daily work plans for important activities and ensuring their effective implementation. Singh said that the meeting reviewed several key activities, including the dam, river diversion, upstream cofferdam, shear zone treatment, access tunnel, pressure shaft, power intake and coordination between hydro-mechanical and electro-mechanical works.
L&T was instructed to finalise project designs and drawings as soon as possible and speed up the approval of pending drawings. The company was also asked to deploy its design engineers and other technical experts at the project site to resolve design-related issues quickly and prevent delays in construction.
Special attention was given on improving coordination between civil and electro-mechanical works.Singh stressed the need for controlled blasting, proper disposal of construction debris, dust control and necessary technical tests before starting construction in sensitive areas. Issues related to land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement were also reviewed.
