While reviewing the irrigation department in the secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami directed the officials to expedite the works of master drainage plan and flood plain zoning of cities.
Along with preparing and submitting a concrete plan within 02 months for removing silt from the dams and dredging system to increase the water level, he also directed to expedite all the proceedings to be done at the state level to connect Pindar and Kosi rivers. He said that for pure water to go to 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.
The Chief Minister said that flood protection works should be expedited. Special attention should be paid to increasing irrigation facilities in the mountainous areas and maintenance of canals. The Chief Minister directed in the meeting that work on Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project and Song Dam Drinking Water Project should start soon, for this all the proceedings should be completed by September.
A budget of Rs 710 crore has been provisioned for the Jamrani Dam Project in the financial year 202425. This project will provide 117 MLD drinking water to Haldwani city and its adjoining areas and create 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. The Chief Minister directed that the treatment work of Baliyanala landslide area of Nainital district, protective work for the prevention of landslides and landslides near Haldapani Law College of Chamoli district and Gwalgaon landslide treatment work in Dharchula development block of Pithoragarh should be completed soon.
In the meeting, it was informed that for providing clean drinking water, tourism development, fisheries and ground water enrichment, Tharkot lake in Pithoragarh, Kolidhek Jhal in Champawat and 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 Indo-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 Shri Vishwas Dabur, Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi, Additional Chief Secretary Shri Anand Bardhan, Principal Secretary Shri R.K. Sudhanshu, Secretary Shri R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Dr. R. Rajesh Kumar, Special Secretary Dr. Parag Madhukar Dhakate and related officers were present in the meeting. Information and Public Relations Department
