Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 14: A division bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Kumar directed respondents to file affidavit giving the complete and detailed timeline be filed within a week for complete restoration of historic Mubarak Mandi complex.
The division bench after hearing Advocate G S Thakur for the PIL whereas ASGI Sindu Sharma for the Union of India and Government Advocate Amit Chopra for the state observed that counsel for the respondents submits that he shall be filing an affidavit with the complete timeline. However, he has given us a copy of the project timeline for the restoration of the Mubarak Mandi complex.
As per the timeline, it appears that the entire work would be completed by 31.03.2023. Various stages of work have been indicated such as signing of agreement, submission of Inception report, Submission of Draft Master Plan for the complex, Review and Approval of the Draft Master plan by MMJHS, Submission of the Final Master Plan for the complex, Submission of the Draft Statement of conservation strategies for each structure, Review and Approval of the Draft Statement of conservation strategies by MMJHS, Submission of Tender documents for immediate works Package-1 (Lot 1 to 4), Review and approval of Tender documents by MMJHS, Tendering Process, Opening of tender, Review and Award of work and ultimately the execution of the entire project.
The entire work as pointed out is targeted to be completed by 31.03.2023. The said affidavit giving the complete and detailed timeline be filed within a week. Further progress in the matter be indicated in the status report before the next date of hearing. |
