Rs. 34 crore E&T Complex, ready for commissioning

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 17: Construction of the prestigious Rs 34.58 crore Excise and Taxation complex at Rambagh Srinagar has been completed and is expected to be commissioned within a month.
The Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affaris, Abdul Rahim Rather today inspected the E&T Complex and gave final touches to the proposed commissioning ceremony. The magnificent five storied complex has been conceived to provide all the business related facilities to the traders fraternity of the State under one roof.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that the complex will be fully air conditioned with central heating system having 8 lifts for convenience of the traders and officers. There will an auditorium, central library and meeting hall besides separate office accommodation for various circles of the Excise and Taxation Department. The complex has a parking space for about 100 vehicles.
Later, while reviewing the present status of the complex, at a high level meeting, Mr. Rather ordered for acquisition of additional land for construction of the II phase of the Excise and Taxation complex that will have separate stamps and registration complexes and Sales Tax tribunal also. He also reviewed the security plan for the complex with the IGP Kashmir and engineers of the JKPCC, which is executing agency.
The meeting was attended by the Principal Secretary, Finance, Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Asgar Samoon, Commissioner Secretary Higher Education, Tanveer Jehan, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, S.M.Sahai, Commissioner Commercial Taxes, Veneeta Gupta, Additional Commissioner Commercial Taxes, Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmed, Deputy Commissioner HQ CT, Showkat Ajaz, Managing Director JKPCC, Chief Engineer R&B Kashmir Mushtaq Ahmed and other concerned officers.
Later, Mr. Rather visited various sections of the Excise and Taxation complex and interacted with the Staff deployed there. He was informed that the commercial Taxes Department has realized a revenue of over Rs 3538.37 crore upto March 2012.