Estimated cost Rs 31.40 cr; 7 Assembly Constituencies to get facelift
Ovaise Gul
Srinagar, May 16: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, braces for the macadamisation process as the plan approved by the Roads and Building Department (R&B) has been finalised and forwarded to the Chief Engineer Central Division.
According to the details available with Rising Kashmir, a total of 78.50 km of road across seven Assembly Constituencies is slated to be macadamised in Srinagar this season at an estimated cost of Rs 3140.00 lakh (Rs 31.40 crore) with a proposed allocation of Rs 2,219.50 lakh (Rs 22.19 crore).
The seven Assembly segments include Central Shalteng, Eidgah, Habba Kadal, Hazratbal, Khanyar, Lal Chowk and Zadibal.
The figures reveal that a total of 11.50 km of roads are to be macadamised soon in Central Shalteng at an estimated cost of Rs 460.00 lakh, with the proposed allocation of Rs 322.00 lakh.
Similarly, 11 km of roads each will be macadamised in Eidgah and Hazratbal constituencies at an estimated cost of Rs 440.00 lakh with the proposed allocation of Rs 308.00 lakh each.
The plan reveals that 11.50 km of roads in Khanyar and Zadibal constituencies each will be macadamised. The data shows that the estimated cost for the macadamisation in both constituencies is Rs 460.00 lakh each, with a proposed allocation of Rs 322.00 lakh each.
A total of 11.25 km of roads are slated to be macadamised in Habba Kadal constituency at an estimated cost of Rs 450.00 lakh, with the proposed allocation of Rs 315.00 lakh.
Lal Chowk has the lowest share compared to other segments, with only 10.75 km of roads, the plan shows, mentioning that the roads in this constituency will be macadamised at the cost of Rs 430.00 lakh with the proposed allocation of Rs 322.50 lakh.