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Friday, June 13, 2014

DC West meets hydel developers to discuss safe release of dam waters

GYALSHING, 12 June [IPR]: DC West, Tshewang Gyatccho called a meeting with the Hydel power project officials of West Sikkim today at his chamber to discuss regulations on the release of water during monsoon and the mechanisms developed to alert the people.
The DC, highlighting the recent incident that occurred in Himachal Pradesh, said that such incidents should not happen in Sikkim and we should learn from their mistake.
He directed all the project In-charges to appoint one Nodal Officer from each project to deal with security and safety measures. He also said that all hooters placed at different places by the project developers should be checked periodically by the officer concerned and the details submitted to the DC office. Further, the DC told them to have specified designated locations for dumping and proper siltation tanks at their respective project areas.
Other issues like Scholarship Award Scheme under CSR & SD scheme, lack of updates of progressive report on the web site, natural calamities and its preparedness, pending liabilities, complaints from the public were also discussed at length.

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