work of water body.
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Continuing his endeavour to provide more development & civic amenities to the people of Jammu, Mayor, Chander Mohan Gupta on Tuesday along with Satpal Karlupia Councillor of Ward 32 kick started the development work of traditional water body (Pond) situated at Trilokpur.
Kishore Kumar Executive Engineer, Ashish Bhasin Assistant Executive Engineer, B.K. Raina Junior Engineer & other supervisory staff of Division-II as well as Keshav Chopra Mandal President, Lokesh Gondhi, Subash Sharma, Raj Kumar Sharma (Ex. Sarpanch), Sumit Kumar, Sony Sandesh and other prominent inhabitants of the ward were also accompanied by the Mayor.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor told that JMC with the active support of all the Councillors have already taken up the job for restoration of water bodies & their further development in various wards of the city as these water bodies maintain the balance of decreasing water level, removes water shortage and provide smooth/ fresh atmosphere in the whole locality. Mayor was apprised by the concerned Engineering wing that with the sincere efforts of the Councillor of this ward, this much needed development work has been started today with an allotted amount of Rs 45 lakh by way of construction of beautiful pathway for walking purpose, commissioning of benches for sitting purpose, construction of inlet & outlet channels for change of water, covering of pond from all over the side with iron grills for its proper protection and other allied works as well as planting of seasonal saplings in and around the available vacant space of complex for providing greenery & eco friendly atmosphere.
Besides this, Mayor also conducted tour of various localities of Ward 33 & kick started the work of laying of tiles as well as fixing of iron gratings over the drains with an estimated cost of Rs. 2.74 lakh only in Lane No. 3-E Shiv Nagar Jammu.
He said that it was the long pending demands of the locals who were facing great hardships due to the dilapidated condition of the lane. He directed the concerned engineers accompanied with him to complete the work within stipulated time period by applying best quality construction material for long durability of the lane.