Ensure completion of projects by March 2017, Mufti tells ERA
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today asked the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) to make contractors accountable so that all ongoing projects were completed by March 31, 2017, the deadline fixed by Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The Chief Minister stated this while chairing a meeting during which he reviewed the progress of development projects taken up by ERA under Loan I and II, financed by ADB.
Laying emphasis on the use of latest technology and building capacities to complete ongoing projects within the stipulated timelines, Mufti highlighted the need to broaden the scope of funding under externally-aided projects by bringing vital sectors such as housing, health and education within its ambit.
On the issue of disposal of solid waste and garbage, the Chief Minister asked the Chief Secretary to finalise a landfill site in Jammu so that a solid waste management project, similar to that at Achan in the summer capital, was conceptualised.
Minister for Finance and Culture Haseeb A Drabu, Minister for Public Works, Floriculture, Gardens and Parks Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, Chief Secretary BR Sharma, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister BB Vyas and CEO, ERA, Vinod Sharma, among others, attended the meeting.
Projects under execution included a sanitary landfill site at Achan for scientific disposal of waste, expressway corridors from Jehangir Chowk to Rambagh in Srinagar and Bikram Chowk in Jammu and procurement of water tankers and solid waste management equipment for building capacities under municipal functions.
At a separate meeting, the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, also reviewed the functioning of the J&K Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) during which he passed instructions for framing a list of projects which were expected to be completed this year. An official statement said that he also called for administrative restructuring to infuse a new life and efficiency into the working of the state’s premier construction company.
