PM to lay foundation of new Secretariat on Sept 12

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PM to lay foundation of new Secretariat on Sept 12

Friday, 06 September 2019 | PNS | Ranchi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his one day visit to State Capital on September 12 will lay the foundation stone of new secretariat building coming up at HEC area. The Prime Minister on the same day will also inaugurate the new building of Assembly building at Kute village and will also inaugurate the inland waterways project at Sahibganj.

The State Cabinet today gave its nod for construction of new secretariat building at HEC, which will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 1238.92 crore. State Cabinet Coordination department secretary in-charge AK Singh said, “The Cabinet on Thursday gave the administrative approval for the construction of new secretariat building at HEC. The G+3 building having a built up area of 23.60 lakh sq feet has an estimated cost of Rs 1238.92 crore.” The State-of-art building will have the height of 33.5 metre and will have chambers for Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and 12 ministers. The secretariat building will also have offices of 32 departments. The new Secretariat building will be adjacent to new Vidhan Sabha building.

Presently the State Government secretariat is running from Project Bhavan at HEC and Nepal House Doranda for past 19 years. The State Cabinet on Thursday also gave it nod for holding the one day special session of Vidhan Sabha a day after the Prime Minister Modi inaugurates the new building. The one day special session will have address of Governor Droupadi Murmu and other activities will be held during special session.

The new building of Jharkhand Assembly will be a State-of-Art building built with a budget of Rs. 465 crore. The dome shaped building will have the height of 37 metre replicating the rich culture and tradition of Jharkhand. Through the strength of Jharkhand Assembly is 81, but there will be sitting capacity for 150 lawmakers in central hall keeping in mind that the Assembly strength  will go up due to delimitation in future.

The State Cabinet on Thursday also gave its nod for supplying food packets to Aaganwadi Centres by Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS). Earlier, various private agencies are providing food packets at Aaganwadi Centres, but with JSLPS getting the work the women working under the self help groups will be benefitted. Sources said that the State Government is going to save Rs 500 crore through supply of food packets by JSLPS. The State Cabinet also gave its nod for decreasing the cut off marks required by particularly vulnerable tribal group (earlier: Primitive tribal group) youths in competitive examination being conducted by Jharkhand Public Service Commission and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission. Earlier, the PVTG group needed 32 per cent for qualifying any competitive examinations but now the youths from these categories can be qualified even on getting 30 per cent marks. The State Cabinet also gave its nod for promotion of eight civil judge judicial officers to the rank of district judge.

Similarly nod for constitution of Dam Safety Review Panel was given in today’s Cabinet meet. The panel which will consist of a chairman and experts will review the dams structure and other function. The panel time to time will also give its suggestion about how to improve the structural strength of the dams.  The constitution of panel assumes importance as recently a portion (wall) of Konar irrigation project collapsed. The  foundation of which was laid in 1978 with estimated cost of Rs 11.43 crore was  inaugurated after 41 years on Wednesday when its estimated cost rose to Rs 2,176.25 crore.

In today’s Cabinet meet approval to 22 agenda were given nod which included from health department for setting up Jan Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras as medical colleges and 500 bed hospitals among others.

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