District Development Commissioner Shopian, Mohammad Aijaz today conducted an extensive tour of the district and reviewed the progress of various ongoing developmental works/projects being executed in the district.During the tour, DDC visited Batapora Bridge and directed the executing agencies, to accelerate the pace of work and ensure timely completion of the project. It was given out that the estimated cost of Batapora Bridge is 6.50 Crore and 5.00 crore has been spent so far. DDC was accompanied by Executive Engineer R&B, Assistant Executive Engineer R&B, Tehsildar Shopian and other senior officers of concerned departments.DDC also visited Sindoo Shirmal where Additional block for Government High School Shirmal and 100 bedded capacity Gujjar & Bakerwal Hostel is being constructed. It was given out that the estimated cost for the construction of Additional Block for GHSS is 52.00 lacs and an amount of 15.00 lacs has been spent so far for the construction of Gujjar & Bakerwal hostel. He took a detailed inspection of the buildings and directed the concerned to make every possible efforts to complete both projects in a time-bound manner so that people are benefited at the earliest.While inspecting the ongoing works at the sites, DDC gave special emphasis on the use of quality material. He also directed the executing agencies to expedite the pace of work and ensure that the project gets completed within a stipulated period of time. He said that hostel will prove beneficial to the students of Gujjar and Bakerwal. He further said that the hostel will come up with state of art infrastructure with all modern facilities like Reading rooms, recreation room, indoor games facility, computer lab, library and internet facility.Later on, DDC inspected the Mega Fruit Mandi Aglar Shopian and took review of the work of levelling and directed the concerned to complete the work with the stipulated time and also complete the macadamization so that the old fruit Mandi will be shifted without any delay.