Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 24: Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), Ramesh Kumar, today conducted an extensive tour of Jammu city and inspected the ongoing projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) as well as other developmental works of the Corporation being executed at different sites.
Kumar visited Multi-tier Car Parking at Panjtirthi, Multi-tier Car Parking at Peerkho, Pedestrian Walkway at Peerkho, Green Space at Jeevan Nagar and at many other sites and gave on spot directions to the concerned officers for completion of ongoing developmental works in a time bound manner. He also directed them to come up with bottlenecks, if any, for their early resolution.
The Commissioner further stressed upon the completion of the projects being undertaken by JMC under AMRUT, as these projects will play a vital role in making Jammu as one of the Smart City. He also took stock of different areas where JMC has installed street lights and issued on spot directions to the concerned officers to make all the street lights functional and undertake repair wherever required.
He further directed the Engineers of Electric Wing of JMC to keep liasion with Power Development Department so that power connections could be given to the street lights to be installed in uncovered areas. He further reviewed the progress of installation of Intelligent Traffic Signal Light System (ITS) and gave directions for the commissioning of 20 new junctions and 15 existing junctions. He asked the executing firm to complete the work within stipulated time frame.
He assured M/s DIMTs of full cooperation from the Corporation in achieving the desired results within the fixed timelines. The Commissioner also took review of the works to be undertaken under the Smart City Projects.
Among others, Rajesh Sharma, Joint Commissioner (A), Neeraj Gupta, Chief Accounts Officer, Ranjit Singh, Secretary, Kushal Chand, Joint Commissioner (W), Dr Anital Salgotra, Health Officer, JMC and Tariq Raina, AEE (Transport) were also accompanied during the tour.
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