Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 19: Till date a total sum of Rs 1.07 lakhs per ward has been spend by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) for the developmental works via Councillors of the respective wards.
This was disclosed by Deputy Mayor of JMC, Advocate Purnima Sharma, while addressing a press conference here today. She was flanked by Ashish Gupta Joint Commissioner Administration.
Sharing all the works done by the JMC since the Municipal Election 2018, Advocate Purnima Sharma said that the sanitation and cleanliness of the city being the first priority of the JMC, many sanitation drives were conducted, autos for garbage collection were provided to each ward, door to door collection of segregated waste started, 26 wards were outsourced to cover up the lack of SKC employees, deep drains and nallahs were constructed, all the main nallahs were de-silted before Monsoon and fogging was done in cooperation with health department.
“Secondly, to enlighten the city of temples, LED street lights and bulbs were provided, old high mast lights were repaired and new high mast lights were installed in each ward and now an MoU has been signed between JMC and EESL for the enlightenment of all the 75 Municipal wards,” she informed.
The Deputy Mayor shared that many community and public toilets were constructed in various wards, water coolers were installed in each ward, passenger sheds were installed for public, new lanes were constructed and open gyms in parks were also installed.
Besides, over 1000+ housing for all loan cases of different wards have been approved by the Housing department and soon an immediate loan will be provided by JMC in case of emergency repairs with the approval of the Chairman Housing for All Committee whereas different skill development programs like paper bags making and cloth bag making are underway in different wards.
Talking about projects in pipeline, the Deputy Mayor said soon 19 water fountains will be installed at different locations for the beautification of city, a modern cattle pound of 97 Kanals will be developed, Panjtirthi and Peerkho parking projects will be started many more such projects are under process for the betterment and goodwill of Jammu and its citizens.
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