DDC Rajouri finalises modalities for construction of 1892 bunkers along the LoC*

Rajouri,March,08: Consequent upon the approval given by the home department for shifting of 1892 bunkers from PWD to RDD District Development Commissioner Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad today convened a meeting with the officers for finalising all the modalities for handover of bunkers from PWD to RDD.

The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner,Rajouri Sher Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner,Nowshera,
Sukhdev Singh samayal, Additional Deputy Commissioner sunderbani,Vinod Bhel,ACR Rajouri ,ACD Rajouri Akhtar Qazi ,SE PWD,EXN REW,EXN PWD, CMO Rajouri,Concerned Tehsildars,Concerned BDOs, officers from health,Education and rural development department.

DDC asked the Executive Engineer PWD(R&B) Rajouri/Nowshera division to furnish the list of 1745 individual bunkers and 147 community bunkers which were to be shifted to Rural Development Department for construction, being constructed in 7 blocks along the 120 Km long stretch of Line of Control. These include Sunderbani, Qila Darhal, Nowshera, Doongi, Rajouri, Panjgrain and Manjakote.

It is pertinent to mention here that earlier the funds for construction of these individual as well as community bunkers were kept a the disposal of PWD department,but as such there was very poor response to the tenders.

During the visit of Worthy Chief secretary to border villages of Nowshera, public delegations apprised the worthy CS for delay in construction of the said number of bunkers .So on the instructions of CS, and approval accorded by the home department DDC finalised all the codal formalities for shifting of the construction of bunkers from PWD to RDD.

DDC directed the Rural Development Department to start the work on these individual bunkers at the same location from tomorrow and complete within a deadline on priority basis along with the construction of additional 200 bunkers,and asked the officer that there is an urgent need to pace up the work as people from the area are in dire need of bunkers amid intense border skirmishes,without any delay.

Additional Deputy Commissioner,Nowshera was made nodal officer to look after the construction work.