Forest Minister orders fasttrack completion of road projects works
Punjab Forests Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has directed the department for timely completion of works related with ongoing road projects
Chandigarh: Punjab Forests Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has directed the department for timely completion of works related with ongoing road projects in state.
The Minister issued directions while chairing meeting with senior department officers to review projects related with NHAI and PWD.
He also instructed for compilation of comparative cost of sale price of tress from Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu Kashmir besides finalising the base price of trees.
There are five NHAI projects underway in state which include Amritsar to Khemkaran, Ramsar to Dera Baba Nanak, Dera Baba Nanak to India-Pak border corridor, Talwandi Bhai to Ferozpur and Ludhiana - Talwandi Marg, the Minister added. Under these projects, out of total 23,682 trees 20,038 have been cut and remaining 3644 would be cut soon.
The meeting was attended by ACS Forest Ravneet Kaur, Special Secretary Forest Karnesh Sharma, PCCF Jatinder Sharma and MD Forest Copporation H S Grewal besides other senior officers of the department.