SRINAGAR, JUNE 19: Deputy Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir
Legislative Assembly, Nazir Ahmad Gurezi today convened a meeting to review the
pace of developmental projects and impediment, if any, in Gurez constituency.
Regarding
Khandyal–Athwatu road, Gurezi asked the Forest, BEACON and R&B Departments
to immediately conduct a survey for fixing up the alignment. He also asked the
DFO Bandipora to work on those stretches of Gurez road where there is no forest
cover.
To ascertain that
the Acchura – Byepass road gets completed within a stipulated period of time,
he said that road widening needs to take up at earliest. In this regard, he
asked the authorities to submit the detailed project report to the concerned
quarters within a month to seek necessary sanction for early start of the
construction work of this project.
The Deputy
Speaker also discussed various issues related to road connectivity in Kashpat –
Rufugee, Achura – Chak, Kisar –Athwatu road. The Deputy Speaker also sought
status of forest clearance of proposed road projects.
While taking
stock of the progress of Bandipora - Chakwali road, the Deputy Speaker asked
the R&B officials to speed up the pace of work on this project and complete
it as early as possible.
The Deputy
Speaker further directed the concerned to macadamize at least 15 km road length
in Tehsil Gurez including Tulail upto Neeru till August this year.
He also asked the
concerned officials to grant funds for the completion of bridges at Danvar and
Dangibal and sanction the grants for the land acquisition at Budugam link road,
Bukhtar – Dangan-Rufugee road, Khotrun link road and Sheikhpora road.
The meeting was
attended by the Director PWD, DFO, Bandipora, S.E, R&B and officials from
BECON, Forest and R&B departments.
Later,
Deputy Speaker also convened a meeting of Legislators representing SC/ST and
OBC, in which discussion was held on reservation of SC/ST/OBC promotion quota
in the state.
During the meeting various other issues were
also discussed regarding the uplift of the category in the state.
