District Development Commissioner Udhampur, Ravinder Kumar today convened a meeting to review the progress of four-lanning of Jakhani-Chenani National Highway and passed instructions for smooth shifting of utilities on the stretch.The meeting was attended by Revenue officers, engineers and representatives of construction agencies at DC office here.The meeting discussed various issues related to shifting of utilities of PHE, PDD and other line departments at Jakhani, shifting of CRPF Battalion at identified accommodation of JKSPDC at Jakhani, removal of structures from ROW, vacation of possession of CRPF Camp from acquired land at village Narsoo and other allied issues, demolition of structures in Narsoo and Samroli segment, widening and improvement of stretches besides compensation of affected structures.
The DDC warned the executing agency to adopt preventive measures for safety of public and private property while executing the works.Keeping in view traffic congestion from Jakhani to Chenani, the DDC directed the concerned authorities to ensure smooth passage of the traffic by doing temporary widening of existing National Highway on identified black spots to avoid inconvenience to the commuters.Chief Planning Officer, Ashok Khajuria, Project Director NHAI M.T Attrade, Joint Executive Engineer PHE, Ashok Sharma, Tehsildar Udhampur and Chenani besides other officers of various departments and representatives of Construction companies were present in the meeting.