Excelsior Correspondent
DODA, July 10: The up-gradation of 42 kilometer Bhaderwah -Chamba road is likely to be completed by next year end thus providing Jammu and Kashmir alternate surface link with the rest of the country.
Being constructed by PWD (R&B) Department, through MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd, about 15 kilometer portion of the road has been completed, while the work on remaining stretch is in full swing and is likely to be completed by the end of next year.
The information was given to District Development Commissioner, Doda Mubarak Singh who, along with a team of district administration inspected the pace of work on the road here today.
Project Manager MGCPL, Kultar Singh, apprised the DDC that out of 42 Km long road, 15 Km have been completed and blacktopped.
It was also apprised that the 42 Km road has three bridges and work on superstructures of two have been completed, while as work on the remaining one bridge is in progress and the inter -State road project is expected to be complete in all respects by the end of 2014.
Earlier, the DDC also inspected the pace of work on inter-District 166 Km Bhaderwah-Bani – Basohli road being constructed by the GREF.
The DDC conducted enroute inspection up to Chattergalla pass and directed the executing agency to expedite the pace of work and ensure its early completion. He asked GREF authorities to carry out simultaneous protection works on the road like construction of retaining walls to avoid damages to the road and public property due to rain and snow.
He directed the Revenue and GREF authorities to conduct joint survey to demarcate the land so that the widening at these stretches was carried out effectively. He also directed them to expedite the process of land acquisition and compensation disbursement to avoid delay in the work due to pendency of the same
At Paneja Bhaderwah, GREF authorities apprised the DDC that there was a need for up-gradation of the existing bridge as per the two lane specifications and sought the cooperation of the concerned departments in shifting the public utilities to facilitate the work . The DDC directed PDD to shift the poles and conductors which may hamper the construction work.
Later, interacting with the locals, the DDC said that with the completion of work on Bhaderwah-Bani-Basohli and Bhaderwah- Chamba roads, the people of erstwhile Doda and Kathua districts would have an all weather double lane alternate road connectivity with rest of the country.
“With the construction of proposed 6 km long tunnel on 166 Km Bhaderwah-Bani road at Chhatergalla, the distance between the two points will be cut by about 50 Km , while the roads once made through will open flood-gates for the tourists from within and outside the State thus giving further boast to the fast growing tourism industry in the area” , the DDC hoped.
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