Committee formed to assess land and structures for Jammu Light Metro

Jammu, India (Urban Transport News): The Divisional Commissioner of Jammu, Sanjeev Verma has constituted a committee for assessment of land and structures for Jammu Light Metro projects. On Saturday, a meeting was called by Divisional Commissioner to discuss the progress of the light rail metro project for Jammu city and the decision was taken to speed-up the work according to the plan.

In the meeting, the officer concerned gave a detailed presentation on the project and informed the Division Commissioner about the proposed plan of elevated light metro corridor in Jammu which will connect Bantalab to Bari Brahmana Railway Station with a total length of 23-km in Phase I and Exhibition Ground to Udheywala and Exhibition Ground to Satwari Chowk in Phase II. The new constituted committee will be headed by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, comprising Sub Divisional Magistrate, South, North, PWD Engineers, PDD, PHE and officers of other concerned departments for identification of land and structures to determine the exact quantum of land to be acquired for the execution of Jammu light metro project.

The Division Commissioner also asked for identification of locations for business, households, institutions assessment of area and structure falling under the Jammu light metro project. Later, the Divisional Commissioner reviewed the up-gradation plan for Sabzi Mandi Parade and a threadbare discussion was held regarding the up-gradation plan which includes the creation of space for parking, designing of shops and other aspects. The Divisional Commissioner directed all concerned officers to conduct a joint visit for initiating actions for the up-gradation of the Sabzi Mandi Parade.

Earlier, the Divisional Commissioner also reviewed the beautification work of Tawi front and reviewed issues of construction of approach lane, painting of flyover poles, beautification of ghats, installation of lightings along Tawi Banks, the establishment of railing on Tawi Bank and cleaning of sitting space near the temple were discussed in the meeting. In November 2019, the J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) and Railway consultancy firm RITES Limited had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to prepare a comprehensive mobility plan and detailed project report (DPR) for proposed Jammu and Srinagar Light Metro Rail project.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Sushma Chauhan; CEO Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Jammu & Metro Rail Transport Corporation, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan;  Senior Superintendent of Police Jammu Tejinder Singh, Sub-Divisional Magistrate South Srikant Suse, ACR Jammu Vijay Sharma besides senior functionaries of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC),  Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and other concerned officers.