Excelsior Correspondent
DODA, June 10: Minister for PWD (R&B) and Mechanical Engineering, Abdul Majid Wani, who is on an extensive tour to erstwhile Doda district, today inaugurated 13 m Span Foot Bridge in Gowari Neeli.
He also laid foundation stone of 0.75 Km Birshalla – Upper Dudote link road which will be constructed by PWD (R&B) Division Doda at an estimated cost of Rs. 60 lakh besides inspecting various ongoing road projects in Bhallessa.
The Minister was accompanied by Chief Engineer PWD (R&B), Tehsin Mustafa, DDC, Mubarak Singh, MD JKPCC Jammu P.R Bhagat, ADDC, G.N Balwan and Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B), besides other senior officers.
After inaugurating the bridge, Wani said that Government has firm motive to connect, uplift and develop rural areas at par with the urban areas. He said all the basic necessities and facilities are being made available to the rural populace on priority basis as Government is paying special attention towards cumulative development of all sectors in rural areas.
Wani inspected 4.55 Km Bhatyas – Gondow PMGSY road which is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 245.0 lakh and is scheduled to get completed by ending July 2013 and 3 Km Bhatyas- Tender PMGSY road which is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 244.06 lakh and is scheduled to be completed by ending June 2013. While inspecting the deteriorating condition of 6 Km Bhatyas-Jakyas link road, the Minister directed XEn PWD (R&B) Division Gandoh to float tenders for its upgradation and widening.
The Minister also inspected construction work on 9 Km Changa- Taintli PMGSY road which is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 604.02 lakh besides inspecting 7 Km Gowari- Bharthi PMGSY road which is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 334.02 lakh.
While interacting with the Executing agencies on the occasion, Wani said that Engineers need to be more responsible and proactive to public needs. He said while doing survey of any road project in the region it must be ensured that minimum forest area get involved in the alignment and must be viable and connect maximum number of villages/ habitations so that each and every habitation get road connectivity. He also directed DDC Doda, to expedite the process of land acquisition and land compensation/ structure compensation, so that works which have been delayed due to these bottle necks will get started and completed within time.
Regarding the complaints being received on changing of the original alignment of some road projects in the region, the Minister said that it is an offence to change the alignment of a sanctioned project. He directed Chief Engineer PWD to conduct an inquiry so that the exemplary action against the responsible could be taken.
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