Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh

PMO accelerates the implementation of infrastructure projects in J&K

A meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office on 21.03.2013 to review the progress of various infrastructure projects covered under the PM’s Reconstruction Plan for Jammu & Kashmir and certain announcements made by PM for Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting, which was chaired by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, was attended by the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and Secretaries of the concerned Ministries of the Central Government.

During the course of the deliberations, the progress of various projects covering the Railways, Power, Civil Aviation, Food Processing, Tourism and Textiles Sectors were discussed in detail with a view to accelerating the pace implementation of identified projects and fixing timelines for their completion.

Following deadlines were mutually decided:

(i) The Banihal Quazigund section of the Jammu – Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail line is to be commissioned in April-May, 2013.

(ii) Power transmission and distribution network strengthening works in Jammu and Kashmir region is to be completed by March, 2014.

(iii) The Chutak HEP is to be fully commissioned by October, 2013.

(iv) The Nimoo – Bazgo HEP is to be completed by December, 2013.

Secretaries of the Central Government have been asked to intensively monitor these projects. The PMO is geared to convene a series of meetings in the near future to ensure that the timelines are met.