Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday said there would be no dearth of funds for reconstruction in disaster-hit areas but there should be no compromise on the quality of work. Reviewing reconstruction work in Narendra Nagar area of the district, Rawat assured officials of adequate funds wherever needed but said quality of work should not be compromised.
He also announced that after the allocation and utilisation of money, a social audit would be conducted. Reviewing development projects being undertaken in Narendra Nagar area, the CM directed officials to make roads pothole-free, and works must be completed by March 15. Rawat said the pace of work on reconstruction projects whose foundation stones were laid on February 9 and 25 ought to be speeded up.
This would be done under the Project Implementation Unit after taking approval from the local MLA. There are 140 projects in the state for which Rs 30 crore have been provided so far.
Work has begun on 59 projects, he said. The CM said to speed up the work on reconstruction, approval rights have been given to SDMs for projects upto Rs 1 crore, DMs up to Rs 5 crore and to the Commissioner-level officials up to Rs 10 crore. Rawat also directed for ensuring of constant review along with development work. Directions have also been given to issue tenders for roads under PMGSY, ADB and PWD within seven days.
He said that very soon he would travel to all affected areas by road and in case of their bad conditions, strict action would be taken against officials concerned.
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