Rs 95 crore project was to be funded by ADB
Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU, July 24: Owing the political pressure on the
construction of flyover from BC Road to Amphalla the state government is still
failed to initiate the project even after the passage of about five years.
According to the sources to cope up the traffic
congestion in Jammu the project was approved at the cost of Rs 18.4 crore in
year 2007-08 and the road-widening process will be started from Shakuntla Chowk
Balwinder Chowk and Amphalla connecting Jail Road and New Plots Janipur Road.
They further said that Economic Reconstruction
Agency (ERA) was asked to prepare project but it was stressed to go for road
widening on both-sides in first phase.
Sources added that the said project was to be funded
by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at the present estimate of Rs 95 crore.
Sources maintained among the two flyovers
recommended by the state government included Bikram Chowk to Satwari and BC
road to Amphalla, the BC road flyover was on the priority but due to the
disruption of few political and influential persons as they are having some
residential and commercial properties the work is still pending.
It is pertinent to mention here that the then Chief
Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, had shown keen interest to construct two flyovers
in Jammu and an alternative road to High Court at Janipur, to smoothen the
traffic problem in Jammu but after he moved to the Centre, the work on these projects
was put on halt despite the fact that traffic congestion went on increasing in
the winter capital.
The alternative road up to the High Court complex at
Janipur from Manda was also conceived to ease traffic congestion on the New
Plot, Janipur Road five years back but the project had also been placed in the
cold storage while the problem of traffic congestion had aggravated manifold
over past few years especially during the Darbar move.
Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Ajit Kumar Sahu could not
be contacted even after repeating attempts for his version.
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