DC reviews progress on civic projects in Rajouri township

Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Jan 18: Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal today chaired a joint meeting of officers, MC President and MC members to review ongoing developmental projects of Municipal Council Rajouri being executed by PWD.
During the meeting threadbare discussion was held regarding the ongoing projects/works like Progress on the construction of Multi-story parking, MRF, Shopping complex, repair and renovation of roads, Open Gym and Park and many other projects approved under various schemes.
The SE PWD briefed the meeting about the progress of works on the projects taken up under different schemes. The meeting also discussed the bottlenecks hindering the progress of these projects.
It was informed that the Multilevel parking project with G+2 building is estimated to cost Rs 16 crore and a tender amounting to Rs 4.99 crore for design and construction has been floated.
While reviewing the progress of MRF, the meeting was informed that the civil work is in progress, but vetting of specialised structures is pending.
The Deputy Commissioner directed the PWD authorities to get the vetting done at the earliest. He set March 31, 2022 as the deadline for the completion of the project.
The PWD also informed that the shopping complex is in the tendering phase, while the beautification of crossways and park/open gym are at different phases of execution and will be completed at the earliest.
The DC impressed upon the concerned officers to gear up the field functionaries so that the approved projects are completed within a set timeline.
The Executive Officer Municipal was directed to follow and complete all projects of the Municipal Council within a time-bound manner.
The ward councillors also raised several issues like irregular water supply, low voltage issue, replacement of worn-out water supply pipes, and non-cooperation of the Departments.
The Deputy Commissioner directed the line departments to extend full cooperation to ULBs and directed SE PWD to establish a special cell for monitoring of city Projects.
While taking note of progress under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, the DC advised the concerned department and members to work in close coordination so that the DPRs can be prepared at the earliest.
The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Sachin Dev Singh; CPO, Mohammad Khurshid; SE PWD, SE Jal Shakti, JP Singh; SE PDD, Sandeep Seth; EXN PWD, Maqbool Hussain, EXN PDD, Narotam Kumar.
Mohammad Arif, President MC Rajouri; Rajesh Gupta; Pushpinder Gupta; Iftiqar Dar; Mushtaq Ahmed; Javid Ahmed; Rabia Qureshi; Sameena Javaid attended the meeting.