Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 18: The Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Planning and Development Department, B.B.Vyas on Friday reviewed the progress of various projects being executed by J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (J&KERA) under multisector project for infrastructure rehabilitation (MPIR) and Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment programme (JKUSDIP) funded by Asian Development Bank.
The Chief Executive Officer, ERA, Saurabh Bhagat, J&K, ERA through power point presentation informed the meeting that under MPIR project, an expenditure of Rs.1377 crore has been incurred on various infrastructure projects, while work on 69 Sub-Projects including improvement and up gradation of some major roads, bridges, water supply and drainage schemes has already been completed. He also said equipments worth Rs.34.29 crore, including water tankers, garbage carriers, loaders , sewer cleaning equipments etc have been provided to SMC,JMC and PHED under the project.
Mr. Bhagat further informed the meeting that under tranche-I of JKUSDIP, the agency has taken up work on 9 sub-projects which include five sewerage sub-projects and 5 sub-projects for scientific disposal of solid waste management in Srinagar and 3 Sub-project of Water supplies. Out of these sub-projects work on approach road to landfill site at Achan sanitary landfill site has been completed and substantial progeress has been achieved on laying of 100 mm raw water pipeline from Harwan to Nishat. He said that all the necessary due- diligence reports regarding the Jahangir Chowk-Rambagh Flyover, Vikram chowk-women’s college flyover and other sub- projects have been completed. He also informed the meeting that 99 shopkeepers of cheap/Kabbadi market near Jahangir Chowk have already been rehabilitated in shopping complex constructed by SMC, while the work on rehabilitation complex near Jehangir Chowk is under progress.
Meanwhile, the Principal Secretary directed the agency to speed up the work on shopping complex and asked them to ensure early start of work on another rehabilitation complex near Rambagh, so that the affected shopkeepers may be rehabilitated as early.
The meeting was attended by Managing Director, JKPCC, Director Safeguard, J&K ERA and other concerned officers of the ERA.