Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 27: On the directions of Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, M Raju, a team of officials under the supervision of R S Jamwal, Joint Commissioner (A), JMC, conducted an extensive tour of various nallahs falling within the limits of Jammu Municipal Corporation and inspected the ongoing de-silting drive launched by Transport Section of JMC w.e.f. 1st March, 2017.
During the inspection. it was brought to the notice that more than 1 lakh ton of silt and garbage have been removed from season nallahs with the help of men and machinery deployed by JMC. One Tracked Excavator, 6 JCBs, 12 Tippers, 4 Front End Loader, 150 Nallah Gang Labour were engaged in the drive, which was launched in order to get the nallahs de-silted well before the onset of monsoon season and to avoid any kind of flash flood during rains. The nallahs, which have been de-silted so far, include various tributaries of Landoi Choi nallah passing through Nanak Nagar, Sanjay Nagar, Trikuta Nagar and Gandhi Nagar, Nai Basti, Preet Nagar Digiana, Valmiki Colony, Sector-4, Kunj Vihar lane. The nallahs on right side of Tawi River, which have been de-silted by JMC, include Shakti Nagar nallah, Krishna Nagar nallah, Durga Nagar nallah, Talab Tillo, Kabir Colony, Vishal Nagar etc. The operation will continue till September ending when the monsoon season will be over. However, the first phase of de-silting shall be completed before the end of June.
During the tour, on spot directions were given to the Chief Transport Officer, Talat Mehmood Khan who is over all inchrage of the entire de-silting drive launched by Transport Section of JMC. All the venerable points of barsati nallahs have been identified by the Transport Section of JMC and on spot instructions were issued to clear all these points well before the onset of monsoon season so that any kind of loss to the life and property of people can be avoided in case of heavy down pour.
The JMC has constituted 3 teams, one each for three zones of Transport Section, under the control of Transport Officers of Zone-I, II & III namely. Balbir Singh, Prem Raj and Sanjeev Kumar to attend the complaints/grievances of general public with regard to the clearance of nallahs.
Follow our WhatsApp channel