Inaugurates Nora bridge, announces 9 underpasses along Express Corridor
Nishikant Khajuria
KATHUA, Jan 22: Alleging step motherly treatment with Jammu region in the past, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has claimed that Modi Government ushered an era of development in the area by not only initiating new schemes but also reviving old projects stalled by earlier regimes.
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Particularly mentioning about Shahpur-Kandi and Ujh River Projects, he alleged that both the projects were kept suspended by the earlier Government, which intentionally ignored development and progress of the area for the reasons best known to them.
“Modi Government not only initiated new developmental projects, but also revived the decades old projects, which were kept stalled by the earlier regimes,” he said while talking to media persons on the sidelines of a function in connection with inauguration of vital Nora Bridge along Lakhanpur-Thein Road in Basohli sector of Kathua, here today.
Informing that last phase of Shahpur-Kandi Project will be completed in next 2-3 months, the Union Minister disclosed that the Central Government was working out on alternate alignment of the Ujh River Project for ensuring no surplus flow of water to Pakistan and talks were being held with Punjab Government in this connection to evolve a solution.
“Conceived before Independence, the Ujh River Project was kept suspended for decades and when its revival was mooted, the budget had crossed manifolds. After this issue was resolved , another aspect of the project was less consumption of water here and its surplus flow to Pakistan,” he explained and added that Government was working out to resolve the issue.
The Union Minister said after assuming charge as the Prime Minister, Modi resolved to carry out development in the underdeveloped and previously-neglected areas and the aim was to bring these areas at par with places already touched by development on many fronts.
Earlier, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the vital Nora bridge along Lakhanpur-Thein Road in Basohli sector of district Kathua. The 191-metre long bridge, constructed at a cost of Rs 1646.88 lakh, was a long pending public demand and provides a vital picturesque link reducing the travel time by around two hours.
Stating that construction of the double-lane bridge meets a long-pending demand, he said the local people will no longer have to face inconvenience while traveling from Bani to Basohli. This alternate alignment of Lakhanpur-Thein road was necessitated by the submergence of some portion of Nora Nallah falling in Panchayat Thein of district Kathua, he added.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that fulfilling another popular public demand and to assuage the concerns of local populace vis-à-vis livelihoods, the Government has decided to build nine under passes on the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Express Corridor, including two at Dyala Chack, as many as at Hatli Morh, and two each at Rajbagh and Chanrorian, and one at Koodah. Also, an elevated flyover at Kalibari is also proposed, he further informed.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, in his third term as MP in the third term of PM Narendra Modi 3.0, the other notable achievements in Kathua include completion of long pending Juthana bridge, beginning of first session of Centrally funded North India’s first Homeopathic College, approval of Rs 30,345 cr Chattergala project, decision to shift Industrial Biotech Park to PPP model, completion of last phase of Shahpur Kandi project, revival in principal of 100 year old Ujh Multipurpose Project etc.
The Minister also informed that Juthana Bridge is ready, and it will be inaugurated soon. He further informed the gathering that the Government approved last week the Chattergala project built at an estimated cost of 30,345 crore rupees. As part of the ambitious project, the strategic tunnel costing 4245 crore rupees will connect Kathua to Doda via Basohli Bani and Bhaderwah.
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