Sunday, 18 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami stressed that the Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail project should be completed by 2024. He issued this instruction when officials of the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) met him and informed him in detail about the works being undertaken as part of the project. The officials also invited him to visit the sites to inspect the project works.
During the interaction, the chief minister sought detailed information from the RVNL officials about the Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail project, Char Dham rail project and the final location of the Tanakpur-Bageshwar broad gauge rail line. He directed that the Rishikesh-Karnprayag project be completed by 2024. Dhami stressed that the state government will provide all required cooperation for completion of Uttarakhand’s important rail projects for which the officials concerned have also been issued directions. He said that he had also talked to the Union Railway minister regarding the railway projects in the state and that he had requested the minister for expediting the work on these projects. RVNL chief project manager for the Rishikesh-Karnprayag project, Himanshu Badoni informed the chief minister that work on this project is being executed at a swift pace. Though the pace of work had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the pace of execution has picked up again now.
Work on construction of about 10 kilometres of tunnel has been completed so far, he said. The project geologist Vijay Dangwal, deputy general manager Bhupinder Singh and others were also present during the meeting.
