Jammu, October 5: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today directed the Deputy Commissioners of border districts to expedite the pace of work on construction of border bunkers to ensure their timely completion.
The Div Com issued these directions while chairing a meeting convened to review the progress on construction of bunkers along international border and LoC in Jammu districts.
The Deputy Commissioners apprised the Div Com about the progress of works on under construction individual and community bunkers in their respective districts.
The meeting was informed that 1063 community and individual bunkers have been completed in district Samba, 869 in district Jammu, 1039 in district Kathua, 1238 in district Rajouri and 4431 in district Poonch, while work on the remaining bunkers is under process.
Meanwhile, the Div Com also took stock of supply of construction material including cement and steel. The DCs informed that sufficient material is available and supply is regular.
The Div Com directed the DCs for regular monitoring the construction of bunkers. He further directed to set weekly/monthly targets and expedite the pace of work for the completion of individual and community bunkers at the earliest.
The meeting was attended by engineers of executing agencies while Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, Samba, Rajouri, Poonch attended the meeting through video conferencing.
Earlier, the Div Com convened a meeting with concerned officers to review the progress of work on Ring Road. The executing agencies apprised the Div Com about the progress achieved so far and also shared future plan of work.
It was informed that work on all the packages is in progress.
The Div Com directed concerned to expedite pace of work for timely completion of the project.
