Srinagar Jan 19: The Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar, Dr Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat on Friday undertook a tour of various City areas to inspect and oversee the progress of works being executed on construction of Flyovers at Bemina Junction, Sanant Nagar Chowk and Nowgam crossing.
The Deputy Commissioner accompanied by the Officers and Engineers of the line Departments and inspected the pace and progress of ongoing work on construction of flyover at the busy junction of Bemina being executed at a cost of Rs 31.49 crore by PWD.
The DC was informed that over 90 percent of works have been completed with an expenditure of Rs 25.0 crore and works on approach road from Parimpora stretch is in its final stage.
On the occasion, the DC directed the concerned executing agency to accelerate the pace of work and complete the prestigious project in the set timeline of April 2024.
Similarly, the DC also inspected progress on the Rs 29.52 crore project of Sanat Nagar Flyover and took stock of the pace of the works. The DC was informed that about 35 percent of the project work stands completed with the expenditure of Rs 6.25 crore.
Later, the DC visited Nowgam Chowk to oversee the progress of work on the 0.85 km span flyover, being carried out at a cost of Rs 39.0 crore.
On the occasion, the DC was apprised that over 80 percent of work has been completed and remaining work is being executed at an accelerated pace.
The DC stressed the Officers to speed up the pace of the works on all the flyovers by employing more men and machinery to ensure their time bound commissioning. He hoped that by making these flyovers motorable a considerable change in the movement of traffic flow will be seen.
Meanwhile, the DC asked the concerned executing agencies to ensure smooth movement of traffic on service roads around the construction site of the flyovers so that commuters do not face any difficulty particularly the vehicles carrying the patients.
During the visit, the DC was accompanied by Chief Planning Officer, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, SDM West, Executive Engineer, Tehsildar and other concerned.
Finalises Snow Clearance Plan; gears up admin for dealing with winter challenges
Srinagar, Jan 19: In order to gear up the District Administration and machinery to deal winter challenges particularly with regard to current weather advisory, a meeting of all District/Sectoral Officers was on Friday held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat at Meeting Hall of DC Office Complex, here.
The DC took a detailed review of overall winter preparedness in the district including, health care facilities, power and water supply position, availability of ration, fuel, LPG and other essentials, besides arrangements put in place for timely snow clearance across the district to ensure smooth movement of vehicles, ambulances etc.
At the outset, the DC stressed on taking preventive and precautionary measures well in advance so that routine functioning at all essential installations, besides trade, transport, essential supplies and other routine works are not affected.
He also stressed the Officers on readying men and machinery to ensure timely redressal of weather vagaries and subsequent interruptions of supply of water, electricity and road closure due to snowfall.
During the meeting, the DC directed for setting up of a special Joint Control Room in the district to redress the winter-related complaints of the general public on a fast track basis. He stressed the concerned to ensure a prompt response system is placed to ensure hassle-free supply of essential services to the people and instructed that response time should be minimized while facing any emergency like situations.
The DC also took first hand appraisal of the preparations made with regard to clearance of Snow.
The meeting was apprised that adequate number of hi-tech Snow clearance machines have been kept ready by the R&B, SMC and Mechanical Engineering Department in Srinagar out of which various machines have been deployed at important installations and vital sites across the district, while few machines are kept in standby mode to meet any exigency during heavy snowfall.
In addition, permanent and mobile dewatering stations are run by SMC in the district to tackle any water logging caused due to rains or snowfall. Besides, dewatering pumps of UEED are also operational to deal with any water logging.
The DC asked the SMC authorities to keep men and machinery ready to clear snow from inner lanes and by-lanes of the City.
Similarly, the DC directed the Chief Medical Officer to ensure availability of staff, medicine and sufficient stock of drugs, emergency medicine, ambulance services in all tertiary care hospitals in the City, besides making proper functioning of the central heating system in all hospitals during the winter season.
Reviewing the status of the power supply scenario in the district, the DC asked the Engineers of KPDCL to take all required measures in order to ensure that power supply is not affected during snowfall particularly at essential installations. He asked the Officers to keep men and machinery ready for early restoration of the power supply in case of disruption due to snowfall.
The DC stressed on time bond replacement of damaged transformers in all the areas of the district so that people do not face any inconvenience.
It was informed that proper backup has been kept for ensuring supply of water in the district and all PHE schemes are running properly and supplying water smoothly to all the areas.
The Assistant Director FCS&CA informed that sufficient stock of Ration is available to cater the demands, while Petrol and Diesel supply is also in buffer stock besides LPG stock for minimum 20 days in the district.
