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BANDIPORA: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Choudhary visited Bandipora to review the project for streamlining of Bonar and Madhumati nallah including Flood Protection works to cater the continuous discharge from Kishanganga Hydro Electric Project (KGHEP).
Accompanied by officers, Sham Lal Choudhary visited various sites on Madhumati and Bonar nallah where he inspected the multi-crore development project to reconstruct the embankments across the Madhumati and Bonar nallah to contain water to be released after commissioning of 330 Megawatt Kishanganga Hydro Electric Power Project. The project is related to the treatment of Madhumati and Bonar nallah to improve its discharge capacity and to protect the Nallah boundaries against high discharge.
Chief Engineer I&FC Imtiyaz Ahmad informed the Minister that around 70 works at the cost of Rs 134 crore are to be executed under this project out of which 17 to be carried out in Bonar nallah and 52 in Madhumati nallah to cater the water discharge from Kishanganga project.
The Minister also interacted with the representatives of NHPC who apprised him about the status of KGHEP.
Speaking to officers of the department, Sham Lal Choudhary said that KGHEP is a prestigious project and will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narender Modi later this year. He directed them to expedite the pace of works so that all proposed protection works can be completed well before commissioning of the project.
The Minister also asked Deputy Commissioner to monitor the works for its timely completion.
Later, the local people also met the Minister and raised their issues and demands pertaining to water supply and other public related issues.
Directions were issued to the concerned to check illegal water connections from drinking water supply pipes to the orchards and to ensure removing all such connections at the earliest.