Varanasi: First time in Eastern Uttar PradeshFor the twin buildings of ground floor +18 floors of the proposed Integrated Commissioner’s Complex (ICC), transplantation of full grown trees has started to ensure none of them is chopped.
“The foundation stone for the Rs 400 crore ICC project to be set up on the Public Private Partnership model will be laid in September, and the administration is aiming to complete the entire paperwork as well as the process. Floating of RFP till August end,” Divisional Commissioner Deepak Agarwal told TOI on Saturday while disclosing the progress made in the project.
The Commissioner along with the Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry Division, Varanasi, Mahaveer Kaujalgi, camped in the Commissioner’s office premises in the morning to oversee the process of planting big trees to clear the land on which the twin building of the ICC was constructed. will go.
The commissioner said that this is the first time in eastern UP that efforts are being made to ensure that completely green trees are not sacrificed for any development project.
The twin tower project is coming up on three acres of land in the Commissioner’s office complex spread over 6.44 acres. He said it would also have the first skywalk on the top floor of the twin buildings.
Regarding plantation, the DFO said, “A total of 73 fully grown trees have been identified for transplantation. The average age of these trees is 25 years. In addition to ficus, many other varieties including Sagaun, Amaltash, Kachnar, gulmohar and Mango The trees are being shifted mainly to the Central Jail complex, where 12 trees have already been transplanted in the last one week. Several trees are also being shifted in the Commissioner’s office premises.
For the transplant, a Delhi-based company has been roped in, the DFO said, adding that as per the contract, this company is charging Rs 11,000 for each tree transplant.
“Of this, half the amount is paid in advance, while the remaining amount will be paid after one year after the maintenance of the transplanted tree and ensuring its survival. Along with the process of transplantation, the department has also started a detailed study for the use of this method of saving trees in future projects,” he said.
On the progress in the ICC project, the commissioner said that its detailed project report was sent to the state government a week ago for approval. The total estimated cost of the project is around Rs 400 crore and the government will not spend money from its own exchequer as the project is based on PPP model.
“After getting the approval of the government, the process of finalizing and floating all the paperwork” RFC Will be completed by the end of August,” the commissioner said.
For better coordination between the various government offices attached to the divisional commissioner and to avoid inconvenience to the people coming from neighboring districts of the division, the ICC was sanctioned for Gorakhpur, the PM’s parliamentary constituency and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s home constituency. . pilot project.
“A government order was received here in January,” he said, adding that “the basic exercise of venue selection, provisional expenditure on the construction of the ICC building and budgeting was arranged on the PPP model instead of relying on the state government for funds. Subsequently, a Nagpur-based firm was appointed as the transactional advisor for the project.
One tower will accommodate 44 government offices while the other will be purely commercial to generate revenue for the project and maintenance.
Each tower will have double floor basement parking facility. Presently the offices of 12-13 departments are running in their own buildings while others are being operated on rented accommodation where their maintenance is also very poor.
Only regional sports offices will not come to ICC because RSO Office can run from stadium
“The foundation stone for the Rs 400 crore ICC project to be set up on the Public Private Partnership model will be laid in September, and the administration is aiming to complete the entire paperwork as well as the process. Floating of RFP till August end,” Divisional Commissioner Deepak Agarwal told TOI on Saturday while disclosing the progress made in the project.
The Commissioner along with the Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry Division, Varanasi, Mahaveer Kaujalgi, camped in the Commissioner’s office premises in the morning to oversee the process of planting big trees to clear the land on which the twin building of the ICC was constructed. will go.
The commissioner said that this is the first time in eastern UP that efforts are being made to ensure that completely green trees are not sacrificed for any development project.
The twin tower project is coming up on three acres of land in the Commissioner’s office complex spread over 6.44 acres. He said it would also have the first skywalk on the top floor of the twin buildings.
Regarding plantation, the DFO said, “A total of 73 fully grown trees have been identified for transplantation. The average age of these trees is 25 years. In addition to ficus, many other varieties including Sagaun, Amaltash, Kachnar, gulmohar and Mango The trees are being shifted mainly to the Central Jail complex, where 12 trees have already been transplanted in the last one week. Several trees are also being shifted in the Commissioner’s office premises.
For the transplant, a Delhi-based company has been roped in, the DFO said, adding that as per the contract, this company is charging Rs 11,000 for each tree transplant.
“Of this, half the amount is paid in advance, while the remaining amount will be paid after one year after the maintenance of the transplanted tree and ensuring its survival. Along with the process of transplantation, the department has also started a detailed study for the use of this method of saving trees in future projects,” he said.
On the progress in the ICC project, the commissioner said that its detailed project report was sent to the state government a week ago for approval. The total estimated cost of the project is around Rs 400 crore and the government will not spend money from its own exchequer as the project is based on PPP model.
“After getting the approval of the government, the process of finalizing and floating all the paperwork” RFC Will be completed by the end of August,” the commissioner said.
For better coordination between the various government offices attached to the divisional commissioner and to avoid inconvenience to the people coming from neighboring districts of the division, the ICC was sanctioned for Gorakhpur, the PM’s parliamentary constituency and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s home constituency. . pilot project.
“A government order was received here in January,” he said, adding that “the basic exercise of venue selection, provisional expenditure on the construction of the ICC building and budgeting was arranged on the PPP model instead of relying on the state government for funds. Subsequently, a Nagpur-based firm was appointed as the transactional advisor for the project.
One tower will accommodate 44 government offices while the other will be purely commercial to generate revenue for the project and maintenance.
Each tower will have double floor basement parking facility. Presently the offices of 12-13 departments are running in their own buildings while others are being operated on rented accommodation where their maintenance is also very poor.
Only regional sports offices will not come to ICC because RSO Office can run from stadium
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