Governor, PWD Minister review progress on roads connecting Super Specialty�Hospital

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Sept 28: Governor N. N. Vohra,�today held discussions with Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, Minister for�Public Works, Floriculture and Gardens & Parks, and�B.R. Sharma, Chief Secretary, to settle issues relating to roads which will connect the Jammu-Udhampur National�Highway with the Rs. 300 crore Super�Specialty�Hospital which has already been established and the�College of Nursing which is coming up at Kakryal.This high level meeting was convened by the Governor to ensure that the required crucial road connectivity is satisfactorily�established well�before the Super�Specialty�Hospital becomes operational at the end of the year. Satisfactory road network is also required because of the upcoming College of Nursing, adjacent to the Hospital. Side by side, the road network under review would also provide better connectivity�to the�Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University�and�for the one crore�pilgrims�who visit the Shri Mata Vaishno Deviji Shrine�every year.The roads which came up for discussions included�road�connecting National Highway-1A with�Katra (Domel-Katra);�road from Railway Station Katra to the Super�Specialty�Hospital�(via Panthal); road connecting National Highway-1A to Panthal via Super Speciality Hospital and road connecting Domel with Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.After discussions Altaf Bukhari agreed to a firm time frame by which all the four road networks would get completed, well before the scheduled commissioning of the Super Speciality Hospital at Kakryal. It was decided that Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), will be responsible for day to day monitoring of all the four projects and keep the Governor and Rohit Kansal, Commissioner/Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Department�regularly�informed.Besides the Minister and Secretary�PW�(R&B)�and CEO, SMVDSB,��the meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary, B.R. Sharma;�Dr S.S. Bloeria and H.L. Maini, both members of SMVDSB; P.K. Tripathi, Principal Secretary to Governor;�Shri R.P.�Singh, Regional Director, NH-1A;�Abdul Hamid Sheikh, Managing Director, JKPCC �Alok Mengi, Chief Engineer, R&B�Jammu.