NewsID: 9 Author Muhammad Azhar ,PRO Kashmir Dated 06 October 2009
Subject Inaugration of Townhall Bridge at Budgam
Chief Minister Inaugurates Rs 2.90 crores bridge at Town hall Budgam
Hon’ble Chief Minister of J&K State, Jenab Omar Abdullah today inaugurated a bridge near town hall Budgam. The steel plate girder bridge at town hall Budgam, having a span of 1x26 meter(s) is one of major component's of up gradation and improvement of 37.6 Km road from Humhama to Raithan- Arizal via Budgam. The bridge has been completed by J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (J&K ERA) at a cost of Rs 2.90 crores.
The newly constructed bridge near town hall Budgam will provide reliable and all weather connectivity to huge population living in various blocks /towns of District Budgam namely Khansahib, Khag, Budgam, Beerwah, Magam, Chadoora, Charir-i-Sharief with District Headquarter and Srinagar and will also provide people living in different areas of District Budgam with better access to Health, Education facilities besides providing growers with improved market access for their agricultural and horticultural produce.Presently, J&K ERA has taken up work on 47 subprojects under transport sector which include upgradation & improvement of 25 road sub-projects (with cumulative road length of 436 Kms ) and construction of 22 bridges ( with over 1000 meters bridging section) .So far work on (6) bridges has been completed and three more bridges are expected to be completed by end of this financial year. Further the agency (J&K ERA) has already black topped about 205 kms of road length in Kashmir region.
Jenab G.M Saroori,Hon’ble Minister for Roads & Buildings & Mechanical Engineering Department,Jenab Syed Aga Ruhullah Mehdi –Hon’ble Minister for Animal Husbandry,/Sheep Husbandry, Science and Technology, Jenab Javed Ahmad Dar, Hon’ble Minister of state for R&B, Mechanical engineering, Health and Medical education,Flouriculture,Horticulture, and Agriculture and Jenab Javed Mustafa Mir, Shri Devinder Singh Rana, Advisor to Hon’ble Chief Minister J&K State,Hon’ble MLA, Chadoora,District Development Commissioner, Budgam,SSP Budgam,Director Transport J&K ERA, Director Central, J&K ERA Project Manager, Transport, Kashmir,J&K ERA, and several senior officers of J&K ERA, district administration, senior officers of various other govt departments and prominent citizens of Budgam District were also present at the function
Economic Reconstruction Agency 