Minister for Public Works, Floriculture and Gardens & Parks, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today conducted extensive tour of Dooru area of district Anantnag and took stock of developmental works there.The Minister was accompanied by MLA Dooru, Syed Farooq Ahmad Indrabi, Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Muneer-ul-Islam, Director Floriculture Kashmir Talat Parvez, Chief Engineer R&B Satish Razdan, Chief Engineer PMGSY Kashmir G D Gorkha, SE R&B and other district level civil and police officers besides PDP district president advocate Sheikh Javed.During his visit the Minister directed R&B officers to expedite the proposal regarding construction of 30 meters span motorable bridge to be constructed at a cost of Rs 4.34 crore at Hakoora connecting two areas over Nuallah Bringee in Dooru Shahabad.
He also asked the R&B Department to expedite completion of 60 meters span motorable bridge between Badasgam-A and B being constructed under state plan at a cost of Rs 5.31 crore.The Minister later laid foundation stone of Larkipora-Zaloora-Lessar road under Central Road Fund (CRF) with total length 11.5 KMs involving an estimated cost of Rs 19.60 crores to boost connectivity in the area.He also instructed the R&B Department to construct a culvert near Jamia Masjid at Badesgam besides improving link road from Arhama to Harpora.While inspecting, Larkipora Bridge, the Minister directed R&B officers to complete this bridge with the construction of one more additional span by March 2016. A portion of this bridge was washed away by the floods in September 2014.Mr. Bukhari directed for upgradation of Hakoor-Gund road connecting two vast habitations in the area.The Minister also visited the under-construction building block of government polytechnic college being executed by R&B Department at a cost of Rs 15 crore.
While inspecting the under construction building blocks of Sub District Hospital Dooru being constructed by Police Housing Corporation at a cost of Rs 13.86 crore, the Minister emphasized on timely completion of the project besides stressing on the executing agency to maintain quality standards in its work.He directed the R&B authorities to take up reconstruction of Shankerpora-Wampora-Panzath Bridge over Nallah Sandran under SPA and an additional cost will be met by the government. A portion of this bridge was also washed off by the recent floods. He said additional funding will be provided by his department so that the bridge is reconstructed as per new alignment within two and a half years at an estimated cost of Rs 10.40 crore.
The Minister asked the director Floriculture Kashmir to improve the Verinag public park by way of integrating waterfall section with the main park. He also passed directions to the officers of floriculture department to upgrade and develop Rasool Mir Park in the premises of R&B Department Dak Bungalow. Mr. Bukhari also passed directions to R&B officers to dismantle the unsafe building of Dak Bungalow and utilize the serviceable material which could be salvaged from the dismantling of the structure in the reconstruction of the new Dak Bungalow.
Later while addressing a public meeting at Dooru Shahabad, the Minister said the R&B department has macadamized 50 KMs in Dooru constituency under macadamization of cities and towns programme.Mr Bukhari said the R&B department has adopted fresh specifications for maintenance of roads where tar macadam depth has been fixed depending on condition of a road. He said to ensure accountability and productive use of the state resources, the Government has also adopted new norms in R&B department according to which contractors would be responsible for maintenance of roads for three years.The Minister asked the locals to be more vigilant in checking the quality of work going on in their respective areas and contact R&B officers if any discrepancy in quality of work is found anywhere in the region. Mr. Bukhari said the people would feel perceptible difference in new roads as the specification adopted would ensure better quality of roads.The Minister said that since the new government assumed office in the State, significant initiatives have been taken in every sector aimed at providing corruption free and transparent governance. He said the Government is committed to bring economic stability by way of creating and augmenting the already existing infrastructure in the state.