Chief Secretary chairs SHPSC of AMRUT, JnNURM, Smart City Mission

Timelines set for completion of works

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas Wednesday chaired the meeting of the State Level High Power Steering Committee (SHPSC) of AMRUT, JnNURM and the Smart City Mission.
Principal Secretary Finance, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Commissioner/Secretary H&UDD, Commissioner/Secretary, Forest, Ecology & Environment, Commissioner/Secretary, Transport, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, CEO, Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL), CEO Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL), Commissioner, JMC, Development Commissioner Works, CE, UEED, J&K, Director ULB Jammu, VC JDA, MD J&K Housing Board and other concerned officers attended the meeting.
Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Commissioner, SMC, Director ULB Kashmir, VC, SDA and other concerned officers participated in the meeting via video conferencing. Committee approved the State Action Plan for formulation of GIS based Master Plans for 5 AMRUT Cities/Towns viz Jammu, Srinagar, Anantnag, Leh and Kargil. The aggregate budgetary requirement is Rs 6.44 Crore including data base creation, capacity building and Master Plan formulation. Regarding JnNURM, Taking strong note of the slow pace of work on the comprehensive Sewerage Scheme for Greater Srinagar and Greater Jammu, Chief Secretary directed the project executing agency i.e NBCC to expedite the execution of all the components of the projects. In regard to SMART City Mission, it was suggested after complying with all the prerequisite conditions, the proposals for securing 1st instalment of central share have been submitted to MoHUA, GoI. Chief Secretary asked both the CEOs to go ahead and complete all the activities engaging PMCs for design, development & management of projects, filling up positions of key personnel in SSCL, JSCL, company website development and company Logo by or before March 2018.