Mehbooba whips up agencies to fast pace key infra projects

TNN Bureau. Updated: 2/22/2017 1:35:51 AM Front Page


JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked the executing agencies to pace up the work on developmental projects and ensure compliance of completion deadlines even as she expressed satisfaction over many of the mega projects in core infrastructure following the completion timeline.
The Chief Minister was reviewing the progress on many of the mega developmental projects in the State.
Mehbooba Mufti impressed upon the engineers to restrict to the scheduled deadlines and cost estimations of these projects. She said these mega projects have the potential to change the socio economic profile of the State and asked the engineers and executors to give their best to the completion of these projects.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nrmal Singh; Minister for Education, Syed Altaf Bukhari; Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Sham Shoudhary and Minister for PWD, Naeem Akhtar besides Chief Secretary, B. R. Sharma; Financial Commissioner, Planning & Development and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas and administrative secretaries of many Departments were present in the meeting.
Mehbooba Mufti reviewed the pace of progress on the projects sector wise and took an appraisal of the cost estimations, amount spent and the balance payments of these projects. In today's meeting she reviewed the project implementation in sectors like PWD, PHE, Health, Education and Technical Education.
The Chief Minister was informed that process of DPR formulation for Valoo-Singhpora and Mughal Road tunnels has been started and also in case of Domail-Katra, Jammu-Akhnoor and Chennani-Sudhmahadev road projects the DPRs are in progress and the alignments have been finalised.
In the PWD sector, the Chief Minister was informed that many of the key projects like Ganpat bridge, Samba-Mansar road, Satwari-Kunjwani road, 50 kilometre Bhaderwah-Chamba road upto Himachal border, Bridge at Shiva Dal, Doda besides Rs. 56 crore road project at Nikki Tawi are almost complete and about to the thrown open this year.
Similarly, the meeting was informed 45 kilometres of road length has been macadamised in Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch.
Work on the Rs. 76 crore Kotranka-Khawas road, the meeting was informed, has been allotted and is expected to be completed in three years. The Chief Minister directed that work on the 30 kilometre road should be started from both the ends so that the completion is achieved within the timeline.
The meeting was also informed that work on Rs. 158 crore Keerian-Gandial-Kathua road project has been started and is targeted for completion in 2019.
In the Kashmir province, the meeting was informed that five bridges viz. Palapora bridge, Soiteng bridge, Presentation Convent bridge on river Jhelum, Bosipora, Ganderbal bridge, Ashmuji bridge in Kulgam and Pushwara bridge in Anantnag are almost complete and are expected to be thrown open to public by this year-end only.
Similarly, the meeting was informed that, the work on 19 kilometre Drang-Tosamaidan road via Sinthan and 11 kilometre Larkipora-Zaidoora Lisser is apace and is expected to be completed next year. Also the meeting was informed that work has recently been started on Magam-Beerwah, Ladoora-Achabal and Gingel-Lachipora roads.
On the semi-ring road projects of Jammu and Srinagar cities, that recently got Centre's approval on the request of the Chief Minister, the meeting was informed that land acquisition process is on and is expected to be completed soon. The two projects are valuing at around Rs. 3700 crore and involve construction of 11 major bridges, 49 minor bridges, nine flyover besides other features.
The meeting was informed that Zangli bypass road project in Kupwara, renovation of Zero Bridge in Srinagar and Vodhpora bridge in Kupwara have been completed and thrown open to public use.
The meeting was informed that the structure of Legislative complex at Jammu has been completed and only final finishing works are to be taken up. Also 75 % work on Bikram Chowk flyover project is done and rest of the work would be completed shortly, the Chief Minister was informed.


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