Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 29 : Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla today asked the R&B Department to expedite the pace of work on the 6-kilometer double lane Belicharana-warehouse link road to ensure timely completion of the project.
The road project involving a cost of Rs 20 crore also includes construction of two wayside 40-meter span bridges.
Inspecting the pace of progress on the 6-kilometer long link road, Mr Bhalla said that with the completion of alternate road, the journey to Asia Chowk, GCW Gandhi Nagar, Warehouse and Jammu University from Bhagwati Nagar via upcoming fourth-bridge being constructed at an estimated of Rs 147 crore on Niki Tawi, would be reduced to a large extent. He said the alternate road including linked bridges to warehouse-Asia road would be completed within 18 months.
The Minister asked the wayside residents to remove temporary structures from the alignment of the road from Belicharana to Niki Tawi so that the project could be completed within stipulated time frame. He said without people’s cooperation, the project cannot be completed in time.
Mr Bhalla said Belicharana area was all set to come in tourism map, adding that Government has earmarked Rs 110 crore for construction of artificial lake in Nikki Tawi. He said the work on the project was apace on war-footing and would be completed within prescribed time frame. He said that focused attention was being paid to develop Belicharana area on modern lines by creating all infrastructural facilities.
Responding to the locals demand, Mr. Bhalla said Government was making all out efforts to provide improved power supply to people and instructions have been issued to PDD for installation of one more 50 MVA transformer at grid station Jammu so that the people of City of Temples could get relief from unscheduled power cuts during summer.
The Minister said for providing fluctuation free power at Ashok Nagar, Sainik Colony, Chatha and Nanak Nagar, the Government has earmarked Rs. 47.80 lakh for segregation/bifurcation of existing 11 KV feeder emanating from 1×10, 1×63 MVA, 2×10 MVA 33/11 KV service stations in these localities besides replacement of old OCB panels. He asked the PDD authorities to gear up their men and machinery to complete the required works so that the people could get relief from long power cuts.
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