 Early Times Report
Poonch, July 25: Continuing the string of outreach program to assess the ground situation and to initiate developmental programmes as per the wishes of people, Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today visited border district Poonch. He was accompanied by, Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, Inspector General of Police Jammu Mukesh Singh , Chief Engineers of different engineering wings & HODs of various line departments.Among others who were present on the occasion were DDC Poonch Rahul Yadav , SSP Poonch Ramesh Angral and all district and sectoral officers. During his visit, Lt Governor handed over cheques of Rs.5 lac each to the six NOKs of border shelling victims and distributed 13 Motorized tricycles to specially abled persons. He also laid foundation stone of synthetic Hockey turf at Model boys higher secondary school, Poonch and 135 meter span bridge with an estimated cost of Rs. 24.98 cr, besides e-inaugurated various development projects of public utility worth Rs. 32.07 cr. Lt Governor also directed the Deputy Commissioner to identify unutilized government land within the municipal limits and hand it over to respective municipalities for their development and revenue generations, besides identifying land for BDC offices. The inaugurated development projects included 140M ( 1109.90 lacs ) & 150M double lane motorable bridges worth (532.92 lakh); one at Mankote, Mendhar and another at Kulani, construction of two FJBs 25M ( 46.99 lacs) &28M(61.28 lacs) ;one over Suran river at Pharoo and another at Bagnuwali over the same river, another FJB at Chack Banola ( 74.16 lacs) over Chungan Nallah, upgradation of Harni BG road up to 7km (220.97 lacs), construction of road from Hathi Matha to Davi Mang,(278.00 lacs) construction of CHCs buildings one at Mendhar( 406.21 lacs)& another at Jhullas, (30.00 lacs) water supply scheme Kotian Langiote,( 398.40 lacs) WSS Dum Harmutta , (39.60 lacs ) up-gradation of power transformer 1.6MVA to 3.15MVA at Jhullas,(8.10 lacs) .
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