 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 5: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the progress of work on the AIIMS-Jammu project and important issues pertaining to the executing agencies.
Deputy Commissioner Samba, Anuradha Gupta; Director AIIMS, Dr Shakti Gupta; Deputy Director Planning, Munish Dutta, SDM Vijaypur besides the officers of Jal Shakti, Irrigation, JPDCL, NHAI and other concerned officers attended the meeting.
At the outset, the Director AIIMS gave a PowerPoint presentation on the status of work progress, future work plan and the important issues requiring immediate intervention. It was informed that 59 percent work on the AIIMS has been completed and work on 42 buildings was in progress.
Threadbare discussions were held on the issues pertaining to the NHAI, Jal Shakti, Irrigation and JPDCL.
The Divisional Commissioner Jammu, while reviewing the issues including construction of underpass between phase-I and phase-II of AIIMS, directed the NHAI to construct the subways along with merging and demerging of the access roads to connect the twin campuses.
For ensuring early functioning of Ayush Block and Night Shelter building, the Div Com directed JPDCL to expedite the work and ensure power supply to the twin facilities.
It was informed that work on 3 tube-wells was in progress and tenders for 3 more tube-wells would be floated soon.
The Div Com asked the Jal Shakti department to explore other sources of water to maintain regular water supply to the AIIMS. |
