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| Jammu district gets Rs 78 cr plan, 7 % increase in previous outlay | | No new decision in DDB, work on approved projects to get boost, assures CM | | ET REPORT
JAMMU, July 20: Reiterating focus of the coalition government on augmenting development of Jammu, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah approved annual plan for the district to the tune of Rs 78 cr in the District Development Board meeting held here today. This is only 7 % increase over the plan allocation of last year for the district, a fact over which some legislators particularly from the opposition contended the hike was less in comparison to overall increase in inflation.
No new decision in context changing the face of Jammu district in context of development was taken in the meeting. The annual plan allocation will cover work on major projects which have already been sanctioned like Mubarak Mandi -Bahu Fort Cable car , proposed flyovers to decongest the existing network of roads besides the ambitious Artificial Lake on River Tawi, about which the Chief Minister gave assurance that work would be started soon.
Sources said the Chief Minister also expressed concern over work not having been started yet on development of prestigious Raghunath Bazar, for which the funds to the tune of Rs 2cr have already been sanctioned. He gave instructions to the Deputy Commissioner Jammu to ensure timely completion of all pending works as early as possible. The new plan also envisages creation of multi storey parking facility at General Bus Stand and construction of Circular Road besides one bridge that will connect two opposite ends across the river Tawi near DC office.
A day after he hinted about increase in CDF in the Srinagar District Board meeting , the Chief Minister called for empowerment of Legislators and said suggested for increasing the ceiling of Constituency Development Fund (CDF), but with certain riders. He said the experiment in taking up the improvement of HTLT network through contributory scheme has been very encouraging and said that same mechanism would be adopted for improving potable water supply from next year. He said by way of increase in CDF limit with regulatory mechanism will further help in taking the development to the ground and reduce the chances of complaints about discrimination in terms of fund allocations to a particular area.
In the meeting Chief Minister reiterated the commitment of his Government to establish a vital Panchayat and Urban Local Body system in the State, he said it was important to ensure balanced development of both rural and urban areas. He also stressed the need for the empowerment of these institutions by devolution of planning and financial powers to these grass roots level institutions.
Chief Minister also hinted at elections to these institutions in the last quarter of this year. and said that establishment of these institutions will help in ensuring need based development.
The plan outlay for Jammu district it may be mentioned includes Rs. 52.45 crore as the Capital component and Rs. 25.51 crore as the Revenue component.
Responding to the points raised by the board members, Omar informed that the Government has already released Rs 5 cr equity for the ambitious cable car project proposed to be taken up on Public Private partnership (PPP) Mode. About the development of Tawi Barage, he said that the Central Government has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for the purpose and Rs 7 crore have already been released. He also divulged that a whopping sum of Rs 50 crore have been secured under 13th Finance Commission for the development of Mubarak Mandi Royal Palace as Heritage complex.
As for the proposals for constructing flyovers at various places across Jammu city, The Chief Minister said that the Projects have already been submitted for funding by the ADB. He also said that consultants for construction of the multistoried parking at existing bus stand have been engaged and the project would be taken up under PPP mode.
Listing other projects, Omar said that a Golf course at Sidhra-being developed at a cost of Rs 110 cr is going to become a major attraction for high end tourists adding that the work for the second phase was in full swing. He also referred to the proposed cricket stadium at Bajalta and said that it would be ready for hosting tournaments by next two years.
Sharing his concern over the potable water scarcity in various areas, he said that the Government is looking forward to integrate the water supply schemes for sharing between various localities in the event of stratagem. He said that Rs 2 crore have been kept for this purpose for the current year.
Among others the meeting was attended by the Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, Deputy Chairman Legislative Council S. Arvinder Singh Mickey, Minister for Industries and Commerce Surjeet Singh Slathia, Minister for Health Mr Sham Lal Sharma, Minister for Medical and Technical Education R. S. Chib, Minister for Revenue, Raman Bhalla, Minister for R&B G. M. Saroori, Advisor to the Chief Minister Mubarakh Gul, Political Advisor to Chief Minister Davinder Rana, Member Parliament Madan Lal Sharma, MLA'S Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, Ashok Khajuria, Sham Chaudhary, Prof. Gharu Ram Bhagat, Jugal Kishore Sharma, . Ashwani Sharma Yash Paul Kundal, Sukhnandan Kumar Choudhary, Bodh Raj, Bimla Luthra and Indu Pawar, MLC's Mr. Amrit Malhotra, Ajatshatru Singh, T.S. Wazir,. Ajay Sadotra and B.R. Kundal, Chief Secretary,. S.S. Kapur, Principal Secretaries, Heads of various departments and senior district officers were also present in the meeting.
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