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Minutes of 20Th State Level Monitoring Committee GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING ITANAGAR. No.PD/PMP/01/2008/vol-I/2917-40 Dated Itanagar, the 16 th Dec.’2012. Subject: - Minutes of the Twentieth Meeting of the State Level Monitoring Committee of Hon’ble Prime Minister Package. Please find enclosed herewith Minutes of the Seventeenth Meeting of the State Level Monitoring Committee of Prime Minister’s Package taken by the Principal Secretary (Power & Coordination), Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh on 21 st Sept. 2012 to monitor the progress of projects with regard to the Hon’ble PM’s Announcements during his visit to Arunachal Pradesh on 31 st January, 2008 for immediate necessary action. All concerned are requested to strictly adhere to the timelines of the decisions taken in the meeting and also send status note to the planning department on compliance of the decisions. PCCF/Development Commissioner/ Principal Secretary (PWD) / Commissioner (Home)/Commissioner (RWD) / Commissioner (LM) / Commissioner (Civil Aviation)/Commissioner(T&E) /Secretary (Planning)/ Secretary (Social Welfare)/ Secretary (PHE & WS) /UD & Housing / WRD / Secretary (Power) / CEO (ARRDA) / DC Capital / DC Papumpare / DC Anini / DC Roing / DC Bomdila / DC Tawang / Member Secretary (State Pollution Control Board), Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh. Itanagar. Memo No.PD/PMP/01/2008/Vol-I/2917-40 Dated Itanagar, the 16th Dec.’ 2012 Copy to:- 1. PPS to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar. 2. PS to Chief Secretary, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar. 3. PS to Principal Secretary (Power, WRD & Co-ordination),Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Kautilya Marg, New Delhi. 4. Dev. Commissioner, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar. 5. The Chairman, Airport Authority if India, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi-110003 6. PCCF(WL&DP),Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar. 7. The Chief Engineer (PWD) / WZ / Highway / Chief Engineer (Power- EZZ) / (WEZ) /(DHPD) / Monitoring / Chief Engineer (PHE & WS)-EZ / WZ/ Chief Engineer, RWD / Chief Engineer (UD & Housing), Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh. 8. The General Manager, N.F.Railway, Maligaon, Assam. 9. Dy. CE C/NLP,NF Railway, North Lokhimpur 10. The Chief Engineer (Project -Udayak), 99 APO 11. The Chief Engineer (Project -Vartak), 99 APO 12. The Chief Engineer (Project -Arunank), 99 APO 13. The Chief Engineer (Project -Brahmank), 99 APO 14. The R.O, DoRTH, GoI, camp Itanagar 15. MD, HPDCAPL, Itanagar 16. The Head of the Project, Pare Project, NEEPCO, Doimukh 17. The Co-ordinator , NEEPCO, Aditya Solar Building ,3rd floor,E-Sector,Itanagar. 18. The General Manager, NABARD, Itanagar. 19. The General Manager, NEEPCO, Itanagar. 20. The General Manager, NHPC Ltd., Itanagar. 21. The Director (Civil Aviation) / Director (LM) / Director (APEDA)/ Director (Town Planning)/Director (Social Welfare), Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar / Naharlagun for information and necessary action. 22. The Deputy Commissioner, Seppa / Koloriang / Yingkiong /Pasighat / Tezu / Hawai / Changlang / Khonsa / Ziro / Aalo / Daporijo. 23. The Superintendent of Police, Roing, Arunachal Pradesh. 1 2 Minutes of the 20 th Meeting of the State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) for PM Package held on 21.09.2012 in the Banquet Hall at Itanagar The 20 th meeting of the SLMC for PM Package was held under the chairmanship of the Principal Secretary (Power and Coordination) on 21.9.2012 at Itanagar. The list of officers who attended the meeting is attached at Annexure-A. Shri Ankur Garg, Secretary (Planning) welcomed all the Officers and placed the agenda before the committee. He then requested the Principal Secretary (Power & Coordination) to take up the agenda items for discussion. Discussion was held in two parts: A) Review of Progress of Projects for which Hon’ble PM laid the foundation stone on 31 st Jan 2008. B) Review of Progress of Projects for which Hon’ble PM made Announcements on 31st Jan 2008. Main discussion points / decisions are as reflected below: A) Review of Progress of Projects for which Hon’ble PM laid foundation stone on 31st Jan 2008 1. New Secretariat Building at Itanagar : In today’s meeting the CE, PWD (WZ) assured that the work for the Blocks 3 and 4 will be completed by Dec 2012. The completion date for Blocks 2 is being schedule for February 2013. However, no assurance was made regarding Block 1. Till date the physical progress is reported to be only 70%. The progress status of this project is placed at Annexure-B. Decisions : (i) In all the previous review meetings, it was assured that the project was on schedule and the Principal Secretary (Power, WR & Co-ordination) had also urged the CE, PWD (WZ) to advance the completion schedule by 3 months so as to meet contingencies. The Committee expressed displeasure over slippage in time and CE may be conveyed it in writing also. Penalty as per the agreement should be imposed on the contractor. It was also advised that the work on other components such as internal LAN, furnishings, security features must be completed and fund requirement for the components that are not included in the contract agreement as per the tender should be projected to the Planning Department at the earliest. (i) The CE, PWD (WZ) is therefore, once again advised not to entertain any further slippages regarding Blocks 3 & 4. And as for Blocks 1 & 2, work has to be accelerated. [Action: CE, PWD (WZ)] 2. Pare Hydroelectric Project (110 MW ): (i) Progress of works was badly hampered during the ongoing monsoon period resulting to slippages in scheduled commissioning date of the project to 4.9.14. (ii) A Project Monitoring Center (PMC) has recently been set up for proper management and monitoring of the project. (iii) Regarding the existing road from Jampa to Hoj, the matter has been taken up with CE (Highway). (iv) A plot of land measuring 7.9 ha at Sopo village has been acquired by D.C Papumpare for construction of Model village under R&R Scheme on release of payment amounting to Rs. 2.56 Cr by NEEPCO. The entire work comprises of 4 packages and their status is placed at Annexure-C. Decisions: (i) The displeasure of the committee about the projected further delay may be conveyed to CMD/NEEPCO and the Ministry of Power, Government of India in writing. (ii) NEEPCO officers were once again asked to continue monitoring progress on day-to-day basis on MS Project and not to allow any further slippages so as to ensure that the project is commissioned within the least possible time. [Action: NEEPCO] (iii) It was reported that the existing road from Jampa to Hoj is under the submergence zone. NEEPCO officials to co- ordinate with CE (Highway) for necessary action. [Action: NEEPCO/ CE(Highway)] (iv) R & R works may also be expedited. (vi) In the latest meeting, the proposed TDC of 04.9.2014 was not accepted rather an earlier TDC was urged for i.e by March 2014. [Action: NEEPCO/ CE(Highway)] 3. Dibang Multipurpose Project (3000 MW): Following issues were discussed in the meeting: I. Forest Clearance; Case is pending with Regional Office of MoEF at Shillong. RO is to make site inspection which is already much delayed. II. Environment Clearance : The representatives from NHPC informed that the situation is now very conducive for conducting the public hearing for environmental clearance. The member, APSPCB has been asked to fix an early date for the same after consultation with both the DCs. III. Land Acquisition : (a) Regarding site inspection, a meeting was held on 21.5.12 between Addl. PCCF (Central) and General Manager (NHPC), DMP Roing. The GM (NHPC) explained that out of 170.56 ha area, 33.658 ha forest area falls within Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary. It was suggested that this area should be excluded from the proposal. (b) Public notices under Section 9 of L/A Act has been issued, dtd. 23/9/11 against the area notified U/S VI at Chimiri for an area of 5138 Ha and New Apanli 48.73 Ha area. For identification of project affected families, assessment work started since April 2012 and is in completion stage. Same has been completed for Chimiri area. IV. A building has been hired w.e.f. 01.6.12 for the establishment of NHPC office cum transit camp at Anini. Also, an Officer has been posted therein. Decisions : (i) Regional Officer, MOEF Shillong should be requested in writing to have site inspection at the earliest. [Action: ED NHPC and Regional Officer, MOEF Shillong] (ii) Both the DCs (Lower Dibang Valley and Dibang Valley districts) should be conveyed that enough delay has already been caused. They must immediately take adequate steps for publication of notifications under L/A Act. [Action: DC, Anini/Roing] (iii) A Circle Officer at Aarzoo Circle should be posted. DC, Anini should send the proposal at the earliest. It was reported that Section-4 of Land Acquisition Act was done on September ‘2011; Hence, DC Anini is advised to send proposal for publication of notification under Section-6 of Land Acquisition Act immediately. The issue of R&R reported by DC, Anini must be sorted out at the earliest. [Action: DC, Anini/NHPC] (iv) NHPC in association with DCs and SPs of both the districts must continue making further efforts to create conducive environment for public hearing and make people aware of the advantages of the project, inform them about relief and rehabilitation plan and dispel their apprehensions. [Action: DC, Anini/Roing/APSPCB/NHPC] (v) The Member-Secretary, APSPCB was asked to fix an early date for the same after consultation w ith both the DCs. 3 [Action: DC, Anini/Roing/APSPCB] (vi) A representative of the NHPC must be stationed permanently in Anini to co-ordinate between DC, Anini and Public on or before 05.5.12.
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