The Pioneer 24.08.2010
‘Purchase dredging machine for removing silt from lakes’
Staff Reporter | Bhopal
Urban Administration and Development Minister, Babulal Gaur has directed the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to purchase dredging machine costing `6 crore to remove silt from the lakes. This machine is not available anywhere in the State at present. This will be the first such machine in the State to be purchased by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation.
Gaur has taken this decision at a meeting held on development on Bhopal. Mayor Krishna Gaur, Divisional Commissioner Manoj Shrivastava, Urban Administration and Development Commissioner SM Mishra, Bhopal Municipal Corporation Commissioner Manish Singh, executive engineers of different departments, executive engineers of Capital Project Administration, Housing Board, Tourism Development Corporation, and Electricity Distribution Company were present.
The Divisional Commissioner said that with the dredging machine apart from cleaning lakes of Bhopal, lakes and rivers of other places could also be cleaned easily and at faster pace. He said that this machine could be rented to other institutions also. It was decided at the meeting that for running and maintaining the dredging machine the Dredging Corporation of India should be asked to train the employees.
Manoj Shrivastava said that there are several historically important lakes in the State which have lost their identity because of filling with silt since decades and therefore not in a position to store enough water in them.
These lakes are also filled with hyacinth, plants that grow fast in lakes and ponds. After purchasing this machine, 14 lakes of the city will be cleaned. Along with that lakes of Sagar, Narsingarh, Govindgarh of Rewa and other historically important lakes of the state will get new life.
MP Tourism Development Corporation Adviser Captain Nigam informed that the statue of Raja Bhoj will be ready by September 15.
Because of the high percentage of humidity in the air, the clay model of the statue is taking time to dry up. Still, it is expected that the statue will be ready by September 15.
