Uttarakhand: The picture of slums will improve, Chief Secretary summoned the report from the District Magistrates in 15 days
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi has ordered to send the report of identification of slums to the government within 15 days under the vision of Slum Free Uttarakhand. Along with this, the District Magistrates have also been asked to submit a report on the residential arrangements of the sanitation workers of the Municipal Corporations and the migrant workers working at the construction sites.
These instructions were issued in the meeting of the State Level Monitoring Committee of Urban Development at the Secretariat on Wednesday. During this, the Chief Secretary advised the officials to work with the Slum Free Uttarakhand vision. The District Magistrates were instructed to identify the slums in the districts category wise within the next 15 days and send their list to the government on priority basis.
The Chief Secretary said that after receiving the list, work will be done on the action plan for improving the standard of living of the families residing in the slums of the state, regularization and rehabilitation of the settlements. The Chief Secretary also called for the progress report of the study done on the model of various states for the improvement of slums.
The Chief Secretary directed the District Magistrates of Tehri, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Pauri, Udham Singh Nagar and Champawat to provide the desired information about slums as soon as possible, so that by preparing a comprehensive action plan, the affected people can be rehabilitated by giving them the benefits of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or other useful and welfare schemes prevalent in the state.
Principal Secretary Ramesh Kumar Sudhanshu, Secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram, Nitesh Kumar Jha along with other officers and Commissioner Garhwal and Kumaon District Magistrate were present in the meeting through virtual medium.
