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| Winter should not be an excuse for timeline completion of works: Omar | | | early times report
Jammu, Dec 9 (KNS): Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Friday said that winter should not be an excuse in timeline completion of works in the winter zone of the State.
“There are available technical and other means to keep works going on even in severe cold conditions”, he said adding that the process of development should not come to standstill for winter reason. He said that development works proceed unabated globally during winter and similar work culture has to be developed in the State.
In the second sitting of two day review meeting of mega projects, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today took stock of these projects in the sectors of Agriculture, Housing, Urban Development, Public Health Engineering, Industries, Forests, Power, Irrigation and Flood Control.
Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, Minister for Forests, Mian Altaf Ahmad, Minister for PHE, Taj-Mohi-ud-Din, Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Minister of State for Cooperation, Manohar Lal, Minister of State for Housing, Nasir Aslam Wani, Minister of State for Agriculture, Javid Ahmad Dar, Political Advisor to the Chief Minister, Devender Singh Rana, Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal, Principal Secretary Agriculture, Iqbal Khandey, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas and Administrative Secretaries of concerned departments were present in the meeting.
Taking appraisal of the National Saffron Mission, the Chief Minister was informed that Rs. 372.18 crores project is on full swing and will be completed within next 4 years. The State level sanctioning committee has approved the Action Plan of the Mission. During the current sowing season 363 additional hectares of land have been rejuvenated under the Mission. As many as 80 vermi-compost units have been established while 13 sites have been identified for bore-wells in saffron growing areas. The work on establishment of spice-park at Galandar is under progress.
The meeting was informed that the DPR for upgradation of seed multiplication farm at Chakori has been prepared. The Farm will among other things focus on the development and growth of basmati rice. Omar Abdullah sought details about the seed replacement programme launched in the Agriculture Department to increase production and productivity.
While receiving the brief of the projects under execution in housing sector, the Chief Minister was presented resume of the Rs. 129 crore Jammu city and Rs. 133 crore Srinagar city sewerage projects. The details about the Dal Development Project, Grabage Disposal Project, Achan, Srinagar, multi-tier parking complex in Jammu city and installation of traffic lights in Jammu and Srinagar cities.
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