4th Tawi bridge to be completed by end of this year

Tahir Mushtaq

JAMMU, Sept 27: The construction work of the fourth Tawi Bridge will be completed soon giving the relief to the traffic rush of the city.

According to official sources the state government has approved the project of fourth Tawi Bridge in December 2010 and sanctioned a total amount of Rs 93 crore for the project and the target was fixed to November 2012 as per the agreement.

The project was handed over to Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) to complete the work.

Due to the migration from different parts of the state the Jammu has faced heavy traffic scenario which causes traffic jams at various crowded location included Shalamar, Jewel, Rehari Chungi, Vikram Chowk, Bakshi Nagar besides many others busy crossings.

The functioning of this new bridge will hopefully help to smoothened the traffic system in the city and also reduce the traffic jams.

When contacted Managing Director JKPCC Madan Mohan Gupta said that the department has completed the maximum construction work and the government has provided Rs 28.85 crore to the department till date.

He further said that department is going to pre-poned the date of completion the construction work and if the work is going in the same pace it is expected that work will be completed by July 2012.

The officials informed that the bridge will connect Ware House with 975 Mtr 4 Lane carriage way road, Satwari vai Belli Charana with 3.25 km length. 2 Lane carriageway road on one end and Bhagwati Nagar road with 200 Mtr. length. 4 lane carriageway road on the other end.  A 4 lane Bye Pass road from Bhagwati Nagar to Akhnoor Road near T V  Towers at Muthi having a length of 13 kms connecting villages mainly Seoura, Akalpur, Lower Barnai and Pounichak is also proposed. While speaking on the occasion, the minister said that these major projects after completion will result to ease traffic congestion in Jammu city.