SRINAGAR,
JUNE 8: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas Thursday reviewed the progress of the 330-MW Kishanganga
Power project, being constructed in Gurez area of Bandipora district.
Chief
Secretary reviewed the implementation of Resettlement and Rehabilitation
(R&R) Plan of the Project Affected families (PAFs and the status of
demolition of structures and tree felling in the submergence area.
Deputy
Commissioner, Bandipora furnished the details of the implementation of the
R&R Plan.
The
NHPC authorities informed that the dam site works are in progress as per the
approved schedule besides a monitoring team has also been constituted to
monitor the progress.
The
330MW Kishanganga HEP envisages diversion of river Kishanganga from Gurez
valley into an underground powerhouse with 3 units of 110MW each and
discharging the tail water in Wullar Lake.
Regarding
treatment of Madhumati and Bonar Nallah to improve its discharge capacity and
to protect the Nallah boundaries against high discharge, Chief Secretary asked
Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control Department to complete the various
protection works at critical stretches as per the fixed timelines and complete
the process by 30th November, 2017 positively.
Chief
Secretary also reviewed the progress of Kishanganga-Amargarh-Wagoora
Transmission line, with instructions to Deputy Commissioners of Bandipora,
Baramulla, Budgam and Pulwama to complete the process of acquisition of land
for setting up of towers and handing it over to the NHPC.
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