People’s life safety is our priority, asserts Chief Minister
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given necessary instructions to the concerned officials after getting information about safe and harmless drainage of water from the dam of the Karam Medium Irrigation Project under construction in Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district.
Chouhan said that it is good to note that the speed at which the drainage started from last evening has picked up pace. Efforts to secure the dam have been successful. Our priority and commitment is also the safety of the lives of the people. It has also been ensured that there is no harm to cattle along with humans. Not only this, instructions have been given that there should be no harm in the villages too.
The Chief Minister was getting updated information about the work of safe drainage of water as well as accommodation, food and other arrangements for the residents of nearby villages at the Situation Room in Mantralaya today from Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Water Resources SN Mishra, Director General of Police Shri Sudhir Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary Home Rajesh Rajoura and Commissioner Indore Pawan Sharma. He instructed the administration to make necessary arrangements for the people living in the relief centres.
Chouhan reached the Situation Room located at Mantralaya this morning following continuous monitoring and issuing necessary instructions and received information while discussing with Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silawat, Chief Engineer Water Resources Madan Singh Dabur, Chief Engineer Chandrashekhar Ghatale and Dhar Collector and SP. Two other ministers, Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon and Prabhuram Choudhary are also visiting the dam area to take stock of the arrangements. Chouhan also discussed with the member of Dam Safety Authority Vivek Tripathi. Chouhan took the information about the current water level of the dam and took details of the aspects of its coming to a safe condition.
The Chief Minister Chouhan discussed over phone with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat this morning and gave them information about the plan and its implementation to secure the lives of the residents of the dam area and the release of the water to the river by constructing a separate route from the dam.
Chouhan informed that till Saturday there was a situation of release of about 10 cumecs, which has been successfully increased three and a half times today to 35 cumecs. Measures to increase it are also being considered. The entire action is being taken keeping in mind the safety of life and property.
Chouhan said that efforts are being made on a war footing to ensure that the people are completely safe and the dam should be in a safe condition due to the drainage started by constructing a bypass channel. The situation is completely under control. Once the drainage started, the earthen wall was expected to widen and allow more water to drain out, but the expected amount of water did not drain due to side wall. Now the effort is to create a completely safe environment by removing maximum water from the dam as soon as possible. We will not rest until this task is completed.
Chouhan said that in view of the leakage of water from the under construction dam in Dhar district, necessary steps were taken in due course of time. It was a time of crisis, constant efforts were made to overcome it. This is the time to create an atmosphere of trust, not accusations and counter-accusations.
By somehow controlling the situation, people should be kept safe, this is the biggest priority. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan thanked the citizens for their cooperation in reaching higher and safer place by following the advice of the administration. CM Shri Chouhan said that he is confident that such cooperation will be received in future also.
