STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Deputy chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh on Thursday conducted an extensive tour of Jammu city and its adjoining areas and inspected various sites where the Jammu Development Authority and Jammu Municipal Corporation have proposed and started new projects, and also took stock of the pace of progress on various developmental projects.
Dy CM was accompanied by Minister of State for Information, Education and culture Priya Sethi, Chief Engineer Irrigation and flood control besides senior officers of concerned departments.
The Deputy Chief Minister visited different sites for inspecting various developmental projects which include, multi-level parking at Panjtirthi, underground Parking cum commercial complex at Parade Ground, site for construction of Market at Indira chowk, Shopping Complex cum parking at Shaheedi Chowk, development of Maharaja Hari Singh Park at Exhibition Ground, Commercial Building Complex Narwal (Narwal Plaza), Cremation Ground Shastri Nagar, Yatri Niwas and Sewerage treatment plant at Bhagwati Nagar, Housing colony at Gole Gujral .
The Deputy Chief Minister visited Parade Ground where the Jammu Municipal Corporation, Jammu has planned to provide underground car parking facility for 930 Cars , Shopping arcades and play ground on terrace with ultra modern jogger’s track.
Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation, Soujanya Sharma apprised the Dy. CM that underground Parking cum commercial complex at Parade Ground Jammu shall be constructed at a cost of Rs.72.36 Cr. Comprising of 3 level underground car parking , 72 No of Shops of different sizes along with Anchor Showrooms , Food Court , 24x 7 Power Back up & Security , Air-conditioning for shopping arcade & Mechanical Ventilation for basement Car Parking , Fire Fighting & separate Service Core with Lifts . It was also informed that to ease out the traffic in parade area , a link road has been designed in between the complex connecting road coming from the Fly Over with Shalimar road .
While inspecting the construction work of shopping complex at Shaheedi Chowk, Dr. Singh instructed the JMC Commissioner for expediting the pending work so as to complete the project in a time bound manner. It was informed that this complex has the facility of basement parking, 11 shops in ground floor, six shops at first floor, 4 halls each at second and third floor besides having the facilities of kitchen, chowkidar Room, Generator set and toilet.
He also visited the site for the artificial lake project and inspected the barrage bridge being constructed for the artificial lake on river Tawi.
Enroute, he also visited the proposed commercial building complex site Narwal which has the provision of 28 shops, 4 showrooms, besides having the provision of community hall, Restaurant and offices.
During the tour Dr Singh also visited vegetable Market Shopping Mall at Muthi and took stock of pace of work there. He directed the concerned for accelerating the pace of construction work for ensuring timely completion of these projects.
While inspecting the construction work of the upgradation of the cremation ground at Shastri Nagar, by the JMC Dr. Singh impressed upon the concerned officers for ensuring early completion of the work.
He also visited the Yatri Niwas Bhagwati Nagar and took stock of the arrangements being made by the concerned departments for the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims. He instructed all the concerned officers for making all the necessary arrangements at the earliest.
Other sites which were visited by the Dy. CM were JDA housing colony Gole Gujral, and Birpur, proposed JDA colony Nagrota, Khanpur Bus stand, KHN Nagrota.