Chief Executive Officer, Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) and Jammu TawiFlood Reconstruction Project (JTFRP), Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, conducted an inspection of ongoingSidhra Surinsar Road sub project being executed by JKERA under the World Bank funded Jhelum TawiFlood Recovery Project.
The Road starts from Sidhra Junction on Jammu-Srinagar Highway and isproposed to be upgraded upto km 19th of Sidhra-Surinsar Road.The completion of this road will augment the road infrastructure to the tourist circuit of Sidhra-SurinsarMansar. It will also connect the important religious destinations of Utterbehni and Purmandal.During the inspection the CEO passed strict instructions for immediately speeding of the work andcompleting the project in the next 7 months.Major civil works of road consist of improvement of roadgeometrics and widening of blind curves/black spots.The CEO directed the engineering staff andcontractor to ensure that quality of the civil works is maintained as per best standards.
Engineering staff gave a detailed presentation to the CEO and apprised that the major component of around 60% comprises macadamisation/bituminization which will be done after the first week of March2021.The CEO directed the contractor to immediately increase the manpower and machinery deployed to ensure that the project is completed well within time.On the spot directions were issued to the Engineering staff for strict weekly monitoring of progress.Dr. Abid was accompanied by Nand Kishore Gupta Project Manager, Rajinder Kumar Sharma Deputy Project Manager and other Engineering Staff of JTFRP and consultancies along with the representatives of contractors.
