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| Following reprimand by Guv, I&FC officials take up dredging works on war footing basis | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 6: Following reprimand by Governor Narendra Nath Vohra officials of Irrigation & Flood Control (I&FC) department have taken up the dredging work in river Jhelum on war footing basis and the progress is being reviewed almost on daily basis at the highest level.
The Governor today took a stock of the dredging process and issued on spot directions to the officials accompanying him. He was told by the officials that the dredging being carried out by the department would be completed by the end of this month.
Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Javid Jaffar told the Governor that more than 75 percent of dredging has been completed in river Jhelum and the flood spill channel. Jaffar said that the cumulative dredging work done in the Jhelum river till date was to the tune of 6, 10,000 cubic metres. Similarly, dredging has been completed to the tune of 92, 000 cum in the Flood Spill Channel.
The Chief Engineer informed that the cumulative target set by the department was more than 8, 00,000 cum to be achieved by the end of March this year. Vohra directed Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Asgar Samoon to take up a cleanliness drive of river Jhelum, while the dredging process was on. He directed the Divisional Commissioner to urgently initiate cleanliness and beautification drive along the river fronts on both sides.
The Governor directed officials to ensure that the ongoing dredging works on the river Jhelum are carried out speedily and completed well in time. He was told by the officials that the mechanical dredging at the site would be dredging out a mass of 200-250 cubic metres per hour.
The dredging going on at present is over and above the dredging works which would be executed through the Kolkata based Reach Dredgers which has been tasked with mechanical dredging of 7, 00,000 cubic in the Srinagar stretch and 9, 15,000 metres in Baramulla stretch. Jafar explained that these works would continue round the year irrespective of the changes in water levels in the river.
The Governor was informed that the identification of sites and construction of dykes as well as mobilization of Dredgers has already been initiated at the sites of Bell mouth of Flood Spill Channel at Outfall Channel Baramulla. The Governor directed that the actual dredging work on both the sites must be started without any further delay.
It may be recalled that under the Prime Minister's Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme 2015, the DPR for "Priority Works- Comprehensive Plan for Flood Management Works on Jhelum-Phase-1" costing Rs. 399.29 crore has been carved out of the main project for "Comprehensive Plan for Flood Management Works on Jhelum" costing Rs. 2083 crores.
The main components of this project include re-sectioning and land acquisition to restore the width of the Flood Spill Channel, especially at Shariefabad and Naidkhai, strengthening of embankments at particularly vulnerable spots of river Jhelum and urgent dredging works in the river Jhelum and Flood spill Channel. The works inspected by the Governor today are part of the urgent dredging works initiated under this project.
It would be in place to mention here that the Governor had earlier also directed officials to ensure time-bound completion of all emergent flood protection works, in a Mission Mode, by constituting a Group headed by Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, to immediately deal with all matters connected with land acquisition and removal of encroachments. |
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