GOVERNMENT OF STATE AND DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT MUST ISSUE NECESSARY DIRECTIONS TO PANCHAYATI RAJ DEPARTMENT FOR C/O HUME PIPE CULVERTS OVER THE AMBULANCE ROADS OR NECESSARY FUNDS MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE (PWD) FOR DOING NEEDFUL.

It is a matter of fact and concern that where a defined channel doesn't exist and the natural velocity of flow is low, it is economical to design a hume pipe culvert or a number of pipes may function with the inlet submerged as per the discharge, as such the flood water starts heading up at the inlet, the velocity through the barrel goes on increasing and this continues till the discharge passing through the culvert equals the discharge coming towards the culvert. When this state of equilibrium is reached the upstream water level does not rise any higher. For a given design discharge the extent of upstream heading up depends on the ventway of the culvert. The latter has to be so chosen that the heading up should not go higher than a predetermined safe level, the criterion for safety being that the road embankment should not be overtopped, nor any property damaged by way of submergence and the fixing of this is the first step in the design and scope of the proposed hume pipe culvert. It is essential that the HFL in the outfall channel near the exit of the culvert should be known. This may be taken as the HFL, prevailing at the proposed site of the culvert before the construction of the road embankment with some allowance for the concentration of flow caused by the construction of the culvert. Keeping in view the above guidelines RCC pipe culverts with single or two pipes of one meter dia and first class bedding for heights of fill varying from 0.6 metre to 4.00 metre may be proposed as per the cross section at site of the work however it is regretted to point the standard estimate of the RD department amounting to rupee three lacs proposed for the ambulance roads in the rural areas and denying to take work in hand with the observation that a some of rupee ten lacs in addition to rupees three lacs are additionally required, even though there is no reason to deny the proposed works keeping in view the phase wise construction of the quantities for the construction of bedding and the curtain walls along with laying of class NP-3 pipes (ISI) mark is a standard for the first phase construction and if there is any increase in the quantities of the standard estimate prepared by the RD department amounting to rupees three lacs that may be considered as a measure of the second phase work required to complete the said construction of hume pipe culvert right from 0.6 mt to 4.00 mt heights of the fill for raising the road levels to improve the existing ruling gradient of the said road for which the panchayati raj department taking crores of rupees from the GOI in lieu of MGNREGS however no appropriate provision of the culverts are taken by the department to make these roads all weather, even showing the standard estimate of three lacs on demand under public utility however on the other hand denying to construct such crossings of the road net works of the ambulance roads proposed by the panchayati raj department. Keeping in view the above position of the incomplete works of the RD department number of representations have been submitted to the competent authority of the department for doing necessary provision of the second phase construction required for the wing walls and the embankments etc but taking no such provision for the construction of Culverts , as essential for the all weather road net work of the ambulance roads, even though the works of the cement concrete laying on the top surface of the such roads continued in the phase work of the patches for laying boulders and the cement concrete over boulders. Necessary complaints have been made before the respective Chief Secretary of the state Government to do needful under law code manual prefixed by the Government of India, MGNREGS, Division, New Delhi but there is no clarification till date of the demand under public service/utility and the PIO cum Secretary (RD) has replied on the captioned subject vide memo dated 3-1-2025 that the representation furnished by the applicant before the respective Chief Secretary of the government is not available in the office and no information could be supplied to applicant for which enquiry may be processed before the ombudsman of the district however there is no such provision in the district at present and the Gram panchayats are taking no cognisance of the orders of the Programme officers and the Director of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme appointed for the redressal of grievances of the general public. Keeping in view the above position of the construction of roads net work related to the ambulance roads of the Rural department the government is responsible to arrange for the completion of the incomplete works or hand over such works of the RD department to the Public Works Department, so that completion of the incomplete works may be done and said roads may be prepared all weather for the demand under public utility :-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director, RTI Welfare Association, registered number HPCD 3552 Bilaspur Himachal pradesh, phone number 9459334377