DC Anantnag reviews progress of PMGSY

DC Anantnag Dr Piyush Singla chairing a meeting on Friday.
DC Anantnag Dr Piyush Singla chairing a meeting on Friday.

Excelsior Correspondent

ANANTNAG, June 11: The District Develoment Commissioner Anantnag, Dr Piyush Singla today said that strong road infrastructure is important to enhance the connectivity across the district besides giving convenience to public commuting on these roads. He said this while reviewing the progress of PMGSY sector in a meeting with officers and engineers of PMGSY, revenue and other concerned departments here at Dak Bangalow Khanabal.
The DDC directed the concerned officers to immediately settle routine hindrances like court cases, ROWs, forest issues, contractor issues, shifting of utilities, compensation etc so that road infrastructure is developed in shortest possible time.
Dr. Singla directed the officers of PMGSY to fully utilise the current working season and complete the ongoing/pending works in a time bound manner. He also called for greater coordination among the line departments for removing the bottlenecks in larger public interest.
The DDC stressed on strengthening physical connectivity adding the same would ameliorate the public woes caused by damaged roads and non availability of road links besides boosting various economic activities in the district.
The meeting was also attended by ADDC, CPO, SDMs, X-Ens and AEES of Jal Shakti and PDD and other concerned officers.