SRINAGAR: Chief Executive Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA), Dr. Syed Sehrish Asgar, today exhorted upon the officers to rigorously identify and remove the impediments hindering the progress of various vital works being executed under World Bank-funded Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project.
She issued these directions while chairing a meeting held to review progress on ongoing works being executed under the World Bank-funded Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project at the Civil Secretariat, Srinagar.
Dr Sehrish was informed that as on date 174 sub-projects, out of the total of 213, taken up for execution under the World Bank-funded Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project have already been completed while work on the remaining 39 sub-projects is in progress. Besides, an expenditure of Rs 1352 crore has been incurred on the project till date.
While reviewing progress on under execution of 39 sub-projects of JTFRP, the Chief Executive Officer was informed that progress on the upgradation of 47 dewatering stations in Srinagar city is at an advanced stage with work already completed on 40 stations while work on the remaining 7 stations will be completed by March, 2024.
CEO directed the concerned nodal officers to submit a progress report regarding work progress every 20 days saying that no further delays in completion of the significant urban flood management project will be tolerated.
Nodal officer for R&B projects, while divulging the details of sub-projects being executed under the component of critical infrastructure, informed that work on the construction of an additional 160 bedded hospital block at Bone and Joints Hospital Barzulla, Srinagar, is at the advanced stage with around 90% work completed on the civil component of the sub-project. He added that an amount of Rs 59.36 crore has been spent on the critical healthcare project.
He also informed that work on the construction of an additional block at GDC, Bemina, is nearing completion and is expected to be completed by March 2024. Besides, work on the construction of the Emergency Operations Centre at Ompura Budgam is also in full swing with work on the installation of the HVAC and fire fighting system underway.
The Nodal Officer, for the construction of Bala school buildings in the Jammu division, informed that work on all school buildings except the one at Ramnagar, Udhampur, has been completed.
CEO directed that work on the remaining school building be completed at the earliest. She asked the concerned nodal officers to ensure that all impediments affecting the progress of work on the sub-projects be timely resolved.
While giving details of the projects being executed by J&KERA as PIU (project implementation unit), the CEO was informed that work on Hamray-Sultanpora, has been completed and the project is being handed over to R&B within one week. Besides, work on the construction of the Bonpora-Padshahi Bagh stormwater drainage project has also been completed except for the installation of a customised sluice gate which will be installed within months.
It was also informed that work on other road projects namely Devi Mai Ohli-Mandir, Gulati-Shahdra Sharief and Waghama Bijbehra is in full swing and will be completed in the next working season.
CEO was also briefed about the progress achieved by J&KERA on the two vital river morphological studies of Tawi Basin and Jhelum Basin being undertaken under the World Bank-funded JTFRP. She asked the concerned officers that the studies be fine-tuned to the best satisfaction of the concerned line departments.
Dr Sehrish impressed upon all the officers of J&KERA to continue working in mission mode while complying with all quality parameters and timelines to ensure that all the sub-projects taken up for execution under JTFRP are completed within the stipulated timeframe and project objectives of JTFRP are achieved to the fullest.
Among others the meeting was attended by Gurcharan Singh, Director, Technical, JTFRP, Dr. Sajad Wani, Chief Accounts Officer, J&KERA/JTFRP, Ashok Khokar, Project Manager, Transport, J&KERA, Jammu, Pooja Wazir, Deputy Project Manager, Transport, Jammu, Sushil Kumar, Project Manager, Transport, JKERA, Kashmir, Asgar Watali, Deputy Project Manager, J&KERA Transport, Feroz Ahmad, Deputy Project Manager, J&KERA Transport, Arshid Hussain, Deputy Project Manager, Baiza Rafeeq Deputy Project Manager, J&KERA Transport and other senior officers of J&KERA and JTFRP.
