Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Rudraprayag today to inspect the Kedarghati area affected by heavy rains. The Chief Minister did an aerial survey of the affected areas. Apart from this, he also reviewed the damage caused by heavy rains in Kedarghati, reviewing the damage including roads and other routes and also reviewed the reconstruction work. Along with this, the CM also talked to the affected persons.
After this, CM Dhami met the local people at the GMVN guest house and listened to their problems and directed the concerned officials for immediate redressal. The CM said that the safety of every traveler and local people is the priority of the government. He directed the officials to take the cooperation of the local people in restarting the journey.
Sonprayag-Gaurikund road suffered heavy damage in the disaster
The Sonprayag-Gaurikund road has suffered a lot of damage in the disaster that occurred on July 31. Regarding the opening of the road soon, the Director General of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways held a virtual meeting with the officials of NH, PWD and instructed to work on a war footing to open the road. After this, the regional officers of the ministry and NH officials have reached the spot.
Sonprayag to Gaurikund is a five km road. This road has suffered a lot due to the disaster. The road has been completely damaged in a length of 150 meters about two km ahead from Sonprayag. Apart from this, the road has been damaged a lot in four more places in a length of 100-100 meters. Regarding this route, the DG of the ministry held a virtual meeting with NH, PWD officials.
In this, instructions were given to speed up the work of repairing the road. Said, whatever amount will be spent on reconstruction, the ministry will provide it. After this, the regional officer and chief engineer of the ministry DK Sharma and NH Chief Engineer Dayanand reached the spot. Told, efforts are being made to open the route soon.
