J&K kicks starts ₹166-cr road & bridge ventures

Under the World Bank funded Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP), the state administration in Jammu and Kashmir has speeded up the ₹166 crore projects, including upgrading vital road projects of 86 km and the construction of three bridges in the Jammu division of the Union Territory. The Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) said that Chief Executive Officer, JKERA/JTFRP, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed had presided over the meeting to review the progress under the component-2 of World Bank funded JTFRP. Director, JKERA Jammu, Bachan Lal Bhagat, said that the road projects to be taken up under JTFRP in Jammu Division include the upgradation of Sidhra–Surinsar, Tutan Di Khuie to Khada- Madana, Malaini-Chakarbati and Chirala Link roads among others. The work on four road projects has already been awarded while evaluation process for the remaining is underway. The meeting also decided that JTFRP will be executing the construction of three vital bridges in the remote parts of the Jammu Division which include construction of steel bridge from Katheel Ganjoo to Barsoa over Ghordi Nallah and another bridge from Barsoa to Patri over Barmeeen Nallah in Udhampur District. In addition, the construction of steel decked foot bridge over Anji Nallah at Sukhal Ghati in Reasi District and construction of steel truss bridge over Betar nallah in Poonch District and building work on the two bridges have been awarded while the remaining projects will be awarded shortly.