Inspected all three sites of construction work including Bahu Fort, Mahamaya Temple and Peerkho
Complete all ongoing work within the
set time frame
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 24: The Committee on
Public Undertaking of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly under the
Chairmanship of MLA, Satpaul Sharma inspected the pace of work on Cable Car
project from Mubarak Mandi to Bagh-e-Bahu.
Speaker Legislative Assembly,
Kavinder Gupta, Legislators, G M Saroori, Rajesh Gupta, Abdul Majid Larmi,
Rajeev Sharma and Vikram Randhawa also accompanied the Committee during their
visit to the project sites.
During the visit, the Committee
inspected all three sites of construction work including Bahu Fort, Mahamaya
Temple and Peerkho and impressed upon the concerned officers to expedite the
works.
Managing Director Cable Car
Corporation Limited, Shabir Wani informed the Committee about the status of
ongoing works and said that almost 70 percent work on the project has been
completed and rest of the work would be completed by March, 2018 with an
estimate cost of Rs 75 crore.
The Committee while asking the
concerned agency to put in sincere efforts in the timely completion of the
project said that this prestigious project would help in making this tourist
destination more attractive besides benefitting the people related with the
tourism industry. They said with this project, people visiting Vaishno Mata
shrine would be attracted to visit Jammu city.
Members of PUC Committee said that
with the completion of this project, the long pending demand of the people of Jammu
will be fulfilled and hoped that it will help in boosting the tourism sector in
Jammu. They also stressed upon the concerned officers to adopt a mechanism to
protect the environment safeguards during and after the completion of the
projects. They said that all ongoing work on all key projects of Jammu should
be completed within the set time frame.
Secretary Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez,
Vice President JKSCCL, Bari Andrabi and other concerned senior officers were
also present on the occasion.
Earlier, Chairman of the Committee
also chaired a meeting with the senior officers of J&K State Finance
Corporation (JKSFC) to discuss the CAGs Audit Paras pertaining to the
corporation.
While deliberating on the Audit
Paras pertaining to the JKSFC regarding one-time settlement of 29 cases without
affecting any recovery from the defaulters, the Committee expressed its deep
concern for casual approach of the Finance Department as Administrative
Department of State Finance Corporation.
By way of sending the reply without
approval of the Commissioner Secretary and office of the Accountant General,
the Committee asked the concerned Managing Director to Come up with the
approved reply of Commissioner Secretary Finance Department and also get a
approval by the Accountant General in next meeting.
Managing Director, however while
briefing the Committee informed that the settlement process does not need
approval of the government but it is approved by the Board of Directors.
Accountant General, AG Office, S
Chatterjee, Managing Director JKSFC, Mohammad Farooq, General Manager JKSFC, N
A Bhat, Manager JKSFC, Jagat Ram, besides senior officers of concerned
department and Assembly Secretariat were also present in the meeting.
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