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| HC seeks details of funds released, road restoration carried out in Valley | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 15: The J&K High Court on Thursday directed the state government to file status report about the funds released for road restoration work in Kashmir Valley.
Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Tashi Rabstan directed the government to file by October 29 the detailed report also indicating work carried out so far.
The court passed the order after hearing counsel for National Highway Authority of India, RAMKY Infrastructure Ltd and state government who submitted that they have filed status reports about the works carried out by them to make the highway and other roads motorable.
"We visited Shopian recently and saw road condition personally. Mere words are not sufficient, it should be in action," the division bench said.
In May this year, the Roads and Building department had submitted that government was yet to release Rs 550 crore it needed to restore the flood damaged roads in Valley.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by civil society Tral through its general secretary Shabir Ahmad Bhat, seeking directions to the respondents for repairing the highway from Jammu to Srinagar especially from Banihal to Srinagar and Srinagar to Baramulla.
The PIL seeks directions to the respondents to constitute a team of experts to have physical spot inspection and conduct survey of NH1A and other link roads of the Valley to assess the gravity of dilapidated condition of the roads and submit a detailed report with complete remedial suggestions in a time bound period.
The PIL also seeks direction for fixing liability of maintenance of the existing NH1A from Jammu to Srinagar for the purposes of maintenance and development, on war footing basis. It also seeks directions to authorities including the police to take action against the residents involved in directing the flow of sewage water on the roads throughout the whole state. The civil society also seeks directions to Chief Engineer R&B Kashmir and Jammu, asking them to submit a detailed report about the strength of the road guards and coolies and explain why such employees are paid from the state exchequer when they never work practically to maintain the roads and prevent the damage to the roads. |
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