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Mufti for integrating modern elements into Srinagar to add to its rich heritage 10/30/2015 12:23:11 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 29: Describing Srinagar as a historic centre of authority and influence, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed promised to build a new summer capital by integrating modern elements to add to the city’s rich heritage. Srinagar is the heart of the state and we need to appreciate its centrality. We also need to improve its fundamentals by working on the core sectors like connectivity, businesses, transport, water and drainage systems, he added. The Chief Minister was speaking after laying foundation stones of new Mehjoor Bridge at Jawahar Nagar and Kissan Ghar at Raj Bagh, here this morning. Addressing public meetings at both the places, the Chief Minister unveiled his plan to focus on conceptualizing a new satellite township for nearly one lakh people from lower strata of the society within the precincts of the city. With rising population, the housing has become a challenge which we need to take head on. It is almost impossible for four families to live under one roof, he observed. The Chief Minister, during his review of SDA a couple of months back, had issued directions for firming up a comprehensive plan for construction of LIG and MIG residential colonies and flatted accommodation. Sayeed also emphasized upon rehabilitation of Dal dwellers at Rakhe-e-Arth, near Bemina so that the famed Dal Lake can be promoted as a world heritage site. Srinagar is one of the most beautiful cities. We will soon begin four-lanning of the Boulevard-Shalimar Road with dedicated pedestrian walkways and cycling tracks, he stated. Describing as path-breaking the new Ladli Beti Scheme to provide social security to girl child, the Chief Minister urged the people not to discriminate between children on the basis of their gender. Ladli Beti scheme will be launched in Srinagar in a big way on November 2. It is a very novel scheme where Rs 1,000 will be deposited every month in the account of the girl child born in a poor family in identified districts. This ensures that a girl gets Rs 6.5 lakh when she attains the age of 18, he added. Sayeed assured the people of restoration of infrastructure damaged in devastating floods of 2014. We are taking several measures for providing relief to affected people and making a comprehensive plan for alternate flood channel, strengthening embankments and dredging of rivers and spill-over channels, he added.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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