DDC Rajouri reviews Progress in construction of Border bunkers* Work on 1411 bunkers started during last one month, remaining to follow_

Rajouri April,27: In order to review the progress of construction of bunkers in the district being executed by Rural Development Department, the District Development Commissioner Mohammad Aijaz Asad today convened a meeting in his office chamber with the officers if REW ,RDD and revenue department.

The meeting was attended by Assistant Commissioner Revenue Mohd Ashraf, Executive Engineer REW Noor Ali Chowdary Rajouri, concernedTehsildars and concerned BDOs.

The Executive Engineer REW Noor Ali Chowdary informed the DDC that there are a total of 1892 bunkers which includes 1745 individual and 147 community bunkers are being executed by RDD out of which the work on 1027 bunkers have been started.

While taking stock of bunkers being executed by the PWD Rajouri and Nowshera division, it was informed that there are total 1249 bunkers both individual and community,out of which 1116 falls in Nowshera subdivision and 133 in Rajouri subdivision.It was informed that work on 384 bunkers have been started .

It is pertinent to mention that that border residents had raised the issue of sluggish pace in the construction of Border bunkers. Consequently the Home Department govt of Jammu and Kashmir decided to shift 1892 number of bunkers from R & B to RDD. With the continuous efforts of district administration in a span of one month work on 1411 bunkers have been initiated involving works at different stages of execution.

Meanwhile the DDC also took blockwise stock of distribution of material including steel and cement. He asked the nodal officer material and supplies of bunker construction Sh Puran Chand BDO Seri to ensure the proper distribution of material and take receipt of material supplied from every Block development officers.

He directed the BDOs to prepare the list of sites identified for bunkers construction, appoint the GRS as incharges of bunker construction and deploy the men and machinery ,so that the progress can be achieved in prescribed time limits.

During the meeting the DDC informed that an amount of ₹35 crore has been released to Rural Development Department to meet the cost of construction of bunkers including material, labour and allied activities. He made it clear that project has to be completed within the set timeline and no laxity will be tolerated in the case of spill over the deadline.