PATNA : The state water resources department will undertake the remaining work on Durgawati Reservoir Project in Rohtas district in the later part of this month with an on-the-spot inspection of the site by the principal secretary, water resources, and the senior engineers of the department on April 18.
Water resources minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary on Wednesday issued direction in this regard at a high-level meeting. Chaudhary directed fortnightly monitoring of the work to ensure quality with an objective to complete this project in two years. After its completion, the project would facilitate irrigation on 33,467 hectares of land in Kaimur and Rohtas districts.
This project was in limbo for more than three decades after laying of its foundation by the then Union agriculture minister, Jagjivan Ram, in 1975, as it ran at snail's pace for want of fund and by 2004-05 the Central government had directed the closure of the project stating that first the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act had to be complied with.
It was only after environment clearance by the Union ministry of environment and forest last year that the state government set in motion the modalities to resume work on the project.
The high-level meeting was attended by engineer-in-chief Devi Rajak, chief engineer, planning and monitoring, Harinarayan, chief engineer, Dehri, Om Prakash Ambarkar, superintending engineer (SE) of Durgawati Reservoir Project, Vimalesh Kumar Jha, other engineers and contractors involved in the project.
Chaudhary directed the engineers and contractors concerned to maintain continuity in the project work. He made it clear that the government would not tolerate any lapse in the work and added that the government would ensure that the contractors did not face any problems at the site.
He directed the chief engineer, Dehri, and the SE, Durgawati circle, to inform the WRD about the progress of work every day.
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