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| Governor inaugurates re-designed JKB branch | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, DECEMBER 26- Governor, Mr N N Vohra, today inaugurated the renovated and re-designed branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank at Residency Road here and appreciated the steps being taken for providing added facilities to its clientele .
The Residency Road branch is the first branch to be redesigned and renovated under the bank's Model Branch Project. The interiors of the branch have been given a complete facelift, integrating thereby elements of modern architecture and the rich craft heritage of the State.
The Chairman of the Bank, Dr Haseeb A Drabu and Principal Secretary to Governor, Mr B B Vyas, were among those present on the occasion.
The Governor congratulated the Bank for coming up with a branch that can truly boast of an infrastructure matching with international standards, as well as, using the elements from the regional craftsmanship.
The branch, one of the oldest branches of the Bank, has been redesigned as part of the bank's project of converting all its branches to model branches.
Dr. Drabu informed the Governor that a good number of the branches of the Bank shall be converted into model branches in the next year.
Notably, the redesigned branch has a very spacious customer lounge, offering state-of-art seating arrangements. The service area has been laid-out aesthetically so as to provide adequate space for customers to complete their transactions.
The Governor went round the premises and was apprised that the Electronic Queue Master, set up in the branch, will facilitate the customers to the relevant counters through LCD screens. The customers can sit comfortably in the lounge without waiting in the queue and can see the status of their transaction on the screens.
The Residency Road branch is the first branch to be redesigned and renovated under the bank's Model Branch project. The interiors of the branch have been given a complete facelift integrating thereby elements of modern architecture and the rich craft heritage of Kashmir, while as the famed Khatamband has been used for the ceiling, the glass walls have been bordered with the Sozni art used in Kashmiri shawls. The internal signage reminds the visitors of the long forgotten lattice work.
A large number of people including top management of the bank, the customers of the branch and local residents attended the inaugural function.
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