Chamba News – The Condition of the District is Continuously Deteriorating, Life Will Not be able to Return On Track
After the situation arising due to heavy rains in the past, life in Chamba district has not been able to get back on track. Additional District Magistrate Amit Mehra said that out of 184 roads in the district, 164 roads have been restored for traffic, while the work of opening the rest is in progress.
Situation Arising Due To Heavy Rains in the Past Days in Chamba district
Diarytimes Media Network, Shimla
Reported By Kumud Sharma
Published – 14 July, 2023
Highlights –After the situation arising due to heavy rains in the past, life in Chamba district has not been able to get back on track.
Additional District Magistrate Amit Mehra said that out of 184 roads in the district, 164 roads have been restored for traffic, while the work of opening the rest is in progress.
After the situation arising due to heavy rains in the past days, even in Chamba district, life has not yet returned on track.
However, the administration has streamlined the arrangements to a great extent in the district.
Pathankot-Chamba-Bharmour National Highway near Bagga Dam There is a blockage due to landslide, the work of restoring which is going on war-footing.
Additional District Magistrate Amit Mehra said that out of one hundred and eighty-four roads in the district, one hundred and sixty-four roads have been restored for traffic while the rest of the other roads have been cleared.
The work of opening is in progress.
He said that if there is a disaster situation in the district again, the information about the steps to be taken as a precaution has been given to the sub-divisional officers.
Additional District Magistrate Amit Mehra told Diary Times correspondent Kumud Sharma that PWD Jal Shakti and Electricity Department, their nodal officers should be appointed everywhere so that direct message comes from DEOC, instead of calling different officers in it and They should be informed, which is sometimes a very difficult task, then contact only those officers who have people related to that inventory, such as suppose there is a JCB, then its driver’s number, if laborers are needed, there they need beldar. number should be available there and he should be able to provide them.Similarly all SDMS have been asked to hold subdivision level meeting.
Most of the SDMS have done that meeting and have made a detailed road map in it for example alternative roads That if a road gets closed, then which would be such an alternative road that should be used in emergency.
These instructions have also been given.
The black spots of the district were already identified and PWD has taken action on them well in time. Even if there are some left, we have in our mind the vulnerable stops, the spots which have been mapped and there we have kept man and machinery in readiness. They are in readiness if such as situation arises again.
If it happens, we are already prepared for it and our action on it will be very quick.
He said that due to heavy rains in Chamba district, 361 drinking water and irrigation schemes were blocked, out of which 341 schemes have been made smooth and similarly 647 out of 664 electrical transformers have been repaired. Has been given.
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