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| 28 roads, 21 bridges coming up under ERA | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Stressing on timely completion of all under execution developmental works, the Advisor to Governor, C Phunsog asked the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) to ensure major projects being executed by it were completed within the stipulated time frame. He called for redoubling the efforts to speed up the execution work.
Phunsog was chairing a high level meeting of officers here today convened to review the physical and financial achievements registered by ERA in execution of various development projects.
It was given out that 28 road projects involving Rs 551.33 crore, 21 bridges costing Rs 51.51 crore, upgradation of urban water supply projects at Jammu and Srinagar at a cost of Rs 155. 55 crore and Rs 167.04 crore of 96 kms long drainage projects in urban areas under Asian Development Bank Funding are under progress in the state.
The meeting was informed that the construction work of 19 road projects at a cost of Rs 364.81 crore, 18 bridges involving Rs 44.45 crore, 4 urban water supply schemes costing Rs 87.23 crore and 57 kms long drains costing Rs 101.72 crore have been taken up by ERA in Kashmir Division.
In Jammu Division, 9 road projects involving Rs 181.24 crore, 3 bridges costing Rs 7.06 crore, 39 kms long 4 drains costing Rs 65.32 crore and Rs 68.32 crore on up gradation of urban water supply projects have been taken up for execution by the agency.
The Advisor directed the engineers to expedite their efforts and remove all bottlenecks in order to carry forward the progress of work smoothly. He instructed that land disputes, if any, should also be solved in coordination with Revenue authorities. He also directed that shifting of telephone cable wires should be taken up with BSNL and rehabilitation of affected be finalized well in time.
Phunsog underscored the need for joint visits of engineers and officers to take on spot decisions of removing bottlenecks, if any, in the execution of the projects. |
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