Dehradun/Joshimath: An example of how work sometimes progresses at a snail’s pace in the government system can be seen in Joshimath, Uttarakhand. You must remember the stories of land subsidence in Joshimath, right? Who had attracted the attention of not only the country but also the foreign media. The matter is related to that. The Center had approved a package of Rs 1658 crore on the Joshimath land subsidence issue, but even after a year, not a single rupee has been spent. Yes, this is surprising, because you will definitely be shocked after reading this. Let us tell you the complete details in this report…
The landslide that started in Joshimath, Chamoli in January 2023 had changed the geography of Joshimath. More than eight hundred houses in Joshimath were damaged due to this landslide. In view of the Joshimath disaster, the central and state governments had put all their strength into relief and rescue operations.
After the continuous efforts of the Chief Minister, the Center had released a relief package of Rs 1600 crore in October 2023, but you will be surprised to know that even after a year of the release of the relief package, the state could not get even a single rupee from it.. The reason behind this. The only reason has been the negligence of the officers. The state departments could not even prepare DPR of the works in this one year. Then how would the money be released from the Center without submitting the DPR?
Mainly four departments have to work in Joshimath, Public Works Department, Jal Sansthan, Jal Nigam and Irrigation Department. All four departments could not prepare DPR on time.. After almost a year, these DPRs have now been submitted to the government, in which there are still many technical glitches. It is believed that the DPR will be sent to the Center by the end of this month.
As actively as the Chief Minister got an economic package worth crores approved for Joshimath, the laziness of the officers made the work move forward at an equally slow pace. The impact of this was that even after almost two years, reconstruction work could not start in Joshimath.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 4, 2024, 5:48 PM IST
