JAMMU: Secretary of the Civil Aviation Department, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, chaired a meeting to review the progress on the expansion of Jammu Airport here today.
While seeking the status of different aspects of the prestigious project, the Secretary directed the concerned officers to further step efforts to accelerate the pace of progress on these vital works so that the project is completed within the fixed timelines. He asked them to remove the impediments, if any, in the expeditious execution of this airport expansion project to avoid any kind of delay in its timely completion.
The secretary also directed the Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police to ensure that no illegal construction work is done in and around a hundred meters of the boundary wall of the airport area. In this regard, he asked for the submission of a proper report to the concerned periodically.
The Secretary directed the Animal Husbandry department to shift the cattle farm to the newly built camp at Chatha and hand over the farm area to AAI. He also instructed them to shift the remaining structures especially the poultry farm area to take up the apron work by AAI. He asked them to explore the possibility of shifting the Hatchery to an alternate location and handing over the structure to the Airport Authority within months so that the area could be utilized properly for the expansion of the airport.
Deputy Commissioner, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, briefed the Secretary that an evaluation of Residential structures falling in the project area has also been done and compensation is being given to the affected people in a phased manner. He also informed that the structures of Animal Husbandry Belicharana, which have come into the project area, are being demolished as per the requirement of the project.
Earlier, the Director of the Airport, Jammu, Sanjeev Kumar Garg, gave a detailed presentation highlighting the broad contours of the Jammu airport expansion plan and the present status of the works being done there.
Later, the Secretary visited the site of Animal Husbandry Belicharana and inspected the works in progress under the Airport expansion project.
Among others present in the meeting were Y K Kandalkar COO, Air Force Station Jammu, RR Choudhary ATCO, Air Force Station Jammu, Ganesh Sharma, DGM (E-C), Airport Authority of India, Rajiv Chopra, AGM (EE), Airport Authority of India, A. Ezhilarasan, DGM (E-C) Airport Authority of India, Veedushi Kapoor, Additional Secretary, Civil Aviation Department, SP City South Jammu, Shaheen Wahid and other concerned officers.
