Dehradun, Oct 14 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday approved financial sanctions totalling Rs 70 crore for a slew of developmental schemes and construction works across the state.
The approvals cover a multitude of projects related to road repair, drain and dharmshala construction, pedestrian bridge, residential buildings and other civic works across several districts.
The revamp of road infrastructure, within the campus of Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Udham Nagar, at an estimated cost of Rs 19.99 crores, accounts for the largest allocation of the financial sanction.
A series of Dharamshalas (community halls) is set to be built in various villages and gram sabhas in Udham Singh Nagar district at a cost of Rs 2.67 crore.
The Chief Minister granted approval for Rs 76.60 lakh for construction of CC (cement concrete) roads and drains in Sahaspur region of Dehradun.
Funds amounting to Rs 77.22 lakh have been allocated for the maintenance of the Maa Purnagiri Fair area and the construction of rest sheds and a culvert in Champawat, with an initial instalment of Rs 46.33 lakh.
Approval of Rs 5.38 crore has also been granted for the construction of Pokhari-Chandikaghat motor road in Gangolihat.
The Chief Minister also approved funds amounting to Rs 9.34 crore for construction of 250-meter-long steel truss pedestrian bridge over the Rawasan River—connecting Rasulpur-Mangolpura-Aryanagar and Laldhang, in Haridwar.
Various residential and non-residential buildings are set to come up at the Police Training College in Narendra Nagar (Tehri Garhwal), for which Rs 9.71 crore has been allocated.
Approval was also granted for Rs 3.80 crore to construct residential buildings at the Salt Police Station of Almora.
Funds totalling Rs 5.35 crore have been earmarked for the treatment of a chronic landslide-prone zone at the 9th kilometre of the Mori-Netwar-Jakhol motor road (State Highway No. 48) in the Purola region of Uttarkashi, alongside approval of Rs 14.50 crore for two construction projects related to the treatment of chronic landslide-prone zones.
The Chief Minister further approved funds, amounting to Rs 78.50 lakh, for the installation of irrigation systems in 10 nurseries of the Eco Task Force.
–IANS
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