Jammu, Jan: Minister for Works (R&B), Mr Naeem
Akhtar informed the House that under Special Bridge Programme, 47 bridges
involving a cost of Rs 81.15 crore are under execution in district Rajouri for
which Rs.3.11 crore have been released and Rs.2.19 crore spent till
ending 12/2017.
Replying to a question by Ch. Qamar
Hussain, the Minister further informed that 82 road projects costing Rs 287.28
crore have been taken up in Rajouri constituency, under Phase I-X of
PMGSY. “It involves the construction of 506 kms of road length to strengthen
the road network in the area, of which 194 kms stand completed. Other projects
are at different stages of completion, “ he added.
The Minister further informed that 11
road projects at an estimated cost of Rs 39.21 crore with 65 km road length
have also been sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Rural Development and work
on these is in progress.
Giving details of other on-going projects in
the constituency, the Minister said that Saaj-Bakhaan road was taken up under
district plan at a cost of Rs 1.20 crore, against which an amount Rs. 7.60 lakh
has been incurred by ending, 2017. Similarly, the link road Thandikassi to
Chapper Dhara has been taken up at a cost of Rs. 70.25 lakh under BADP, against
which Rs. 10 lakh stands incurred by ending 12/2017.
Similarly, Pathan Mohra-Mubarak Pura road was
taken up for execution under State Sector at a cost of Rs 1.54
crore, against which an expenditure to the tune of Rs 80.28 lakh
stands incurred. Likewise, Mubarakpura-Sohana road has been sanctioned under
PMGSY at a cost of Rs 2 crore, against which an amount of Rs. 1.13 crore stands
incurred. For Dassal-Dassal Seeran road, taken up under State Sector
for Rs. 1.94 crore, an amount of Rs 58 lakh stand incurred and the major
portion of the road has been made functional as fair weather road.
The up-gradation of important
Rajouri-Thanamandi-Surankote road involving 53.015 kms length has been proposed
for improvement to double lane standards by Project Sampark. The tendering
process of survey and preparation of DPR for the project will be completed by
August, 2018, said the Minister.
Replying to a clubbed
Question by Abid Hussain Ansari, the Minister informed that 38.10 kms of road
length has been macadamized in Zadibal constituency under various programmes
involving an expenditure of Rs. 1.66 crore till ending 11/2017. He informed
that tenders were floated for upper and lower Gulshan Bagh road, but due to
fall in the temperature, the macadamizing could not be taken up. He
said the remaining portion of the road in Zadibal constituency will be taken up
during next financial year.
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