By OUR STAFF REPORTER
DEHRADUN, 13 July: Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, held a meeting regarding the development of new townships in various cities of the state at the Secretariat, on Thursday. The Chief Minister instructed the officials that the work for the construction of the HaridwarRishikesh Ganga Corridor should be started soon. A proposal should also be brought into the cabinet soon for the company to be formed for its implementation. It should be ensured that the entire work of the Haridwar-Rishikesh Ganga Corridor is completed by October 2026.
During the meeting, Dhami instructed the officers that work should be done expeditiously in the direction of developing 05 townships in plain areas and 03 in hilly areas in the state. Efforts in the direction of developing one hill station each in the Garhwal and Kumaon regions should also be finalized soon. In the meeting, Urban Development Minister Prem Chand Aggarwal, Chief Secretary Dr SS Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Anand Vardhan, Secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram, Dilip Jawalkar, Vinay Shankar Pandey, SN Pandey, V Shanmugam, Vice Chairman MDDA Banshidhar Tiwari and concerned officers were present.