Three PWD engineers have faced action over the delay in implementation of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream projects…
PM’s dream project
Three PWD engineers have faced action over the delay in implementation of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream projects in Kedarnath.
The salary of one engineer was put on hold and he was transferred to another district. Adverse entries were ordered for two others in their service records.
The Uttarakhand public works department engineers faced this action over the construction of a trekking route from Rambara to Kedarnath via Garud Chatti.
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In his early days, Modi used to stay at Garud Chatti en route to Kedarnath whenever he visited the holy township in the Uttarakhand Himalayas.
After Modi shared his Garud Chatti memories during his Kedarnath visit last year, the little-known place created a lot of curiosity.
As the trekking trail to Garud Chatti was lost in the 2013 disaster, the process of restoring the old pilgrimage path was then started.
Garhwal commissioner Dilip Jawalkar took action on Wednesday against the three engineers at a review meeting on Kedarnath reconstruction in Rudraprayag.
Despite regular instructions from higher authorities, the engineers had not prepared a project report on the roadwork from Rambara to Kedarnath. They also failed to get a geological survey done.
The engineers had also not uploaded the tender documents for the project.
Garud Chatti is located four kilometres from Kedarnath. During the 2013 floods, the trekking route to the place was lost in a landslide.
At present Garud Chatti can be reached from Limcholi through a temporary pedestrian bridge made of logs over the Mandakini river.
There are stories about Modi spending time at the Swami Ramanand Sant ashram at Garud Chatti. Some stories say he spent a few days there, others say he may have been there for up to two years.
Swami Abhiramdas Tyagi, the mahant of the ashram, and Modi’s brother Pankaj also visited Kedarnath on 27 October. They discussed with the reconstruction team ways of connecting the ashram with a trekking route.
Hundred of pilgrims took refuse at the ashram during the 2013 disaster.
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