Secretary Jal Shakti evualate improvement on Shahpur Kandi Dam Project

Secretary Jal Shakti evualate improvement on Shahpur Kandi Dam Project

KATHUA OCTOBER 12:- Secretary, Jal Shakti Department, M. Raju, today chaired a review meeting to talk about issues related to the important Shahpur Kandi Dam Project. Threadbare deliberations were held on the progress made under different construction parts of the dam project including work on Ravi canal on J&K side from Shahpur kandi Dam. Chief Engineer Shahpur Kandi Dam Project S.K Saluja apprised the meeting that construction work of proposed structure on Punjab side is going on in full swing and work on J&K side including the canal work on River Ravi to be started at the earliest. Regarding progress on land acquisition work, Secretary directed the Deputy Commissioner Kathua to process the further course of action can be followed in a proper time.

He asked the engineers and other departments to initiate close liaison and coordination with district administration to remove bottlenecks hampering progress of works. Pertinently the prestigious Shahpur Kandi Project over River Ravi was envisaged to help both Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab by channelizing the water to irrigate about 5,000 hectare of land in Punjab and 32,173 hectare in Kathua and Samba areas of J&K. The project will also give electricity generated from the project to the border districts of both Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.

The meeting was attended by ADC Basohli Tilak Raj Thapa, ACR Davinder Paul, Chief Engineer I&FC/ RTIC Hamesh Manchanda, SE RTIC Ajay Gupta, SE Shahpur Kandi, J.P Singh, SE Hydraulic Sanjeev Malhotra, XEN SPKD Project Janak Sharma, Executive Engineers PWD Rajan Gupta, RTIC Sudesh Kumar, Irrigation Braham Jyoti, officers of Forest and Wildlife department.