Mehbooba reviews work on Hazratbal project

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, June 13

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today reviewed the progress on the Rs 42-crore ambitious Hazratbal Dargah development project at a meeting here.

An official statement said the CM directed the officials of the Tourism Department, Wakf Board and the project executing agency to conduct a join inspection of the spots, preferably today, and remove the bottlenecks, if any, on the spot.

The main components of the project include tensile structures for prayers during summer and rainy season, four-laning of the Dargah entrance, illumination of the shrine complex, ablution spots, dormitory for devotees from far-flung areas, re-designing of the Dargah market, Islamic Cultural Centre and an exclusive sewage treatment plant for the shrine complex.

The project also envisages an unobstructed view of the Dal Lake from the shrine complex. The CM, who is also the chairperson of the Wakf Board, reviewed the progress on the beautification of the shrine of Hazrat Syed Ali Aali Balkhi (RA) at Pakherpora, Chrar-e-Sharief.

She was informed that many of the pilgrim facilitation and beatification works at the shrine had been accomplished while the remaining works would be completed soon.