 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 11: With a view to provide better civic amenities to the people of Jammu, Mayor JMC, Chander Mohan Gupta along with Deputy Mayor JMC, Purnima Sharma today inaugurated charging station for e-Rickshaws at Municipal Yard near Dogra Chowk Jewel, Jammu.
Hardeep Singh Mankotia Chairman Swacch Bharat Committee JMC, Amit Gupta Councillor of Ward No 19, Pankaj Gupta Joint Commissioner (A), JMC, Atul Gupta Secretary JMC, Dr Sanjogita Soodan Health officer JMC, Er Firdos Ahmed Qazi Executive Engineer, Er Neeraj Vaid Assistant Executive Engineer, Er K.K Bali Junior Engineer and other supervisory staff of project division as well as other officials of different wings of JMC were also remained present there during the function.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor, Chander Mohan said that in order to facilitate the people of Jammu city especially residing in the areas where garbage collection vehicles cannot reach due to congested lanes, the JMC has launched Modern type of e-Rickshaws for collecting door to door garbage from these congested localities with proper segregation.
He further said that it is the first type of charging station in UT of J&K which has been developed by JMC with an estimated cost of Rs. 22.76 lakh only.
He added that this charging Station has the capacity of charging 34 numbers of e-Rickshaws which can be stationed here after the door to door garbage collection from the allotted wards.
Deputy Mayor, Purnima Sharma also spoke on the occasion and said that all the Councillors in collaboration with officers/officials of JMC are committed to provide best possible civic amenities to the citizens of each ward.
Besides this, Mayor along with Raj Kumar, Chairman Health & Sanitation Committee JMC, Neena Gupta Councillor of Ward No 50 also conducted an extensive tour of Channi Himmat area, met with locals, listened to their issues regarding sanitation, installation/rectification of LED street lights, lifting of stray dogs, construction leftover lanes/drains, blacktopping of main /interior roads.
Besides this, he also kick started the work of laying of Pavar tiles in the various lanes of Sec No1 Channi Himmat near Gurudwara of Ward No 50 with a allotted amount of Rs.21 lakh under Capex. |
