665 projects undertaken in Kashmir towns reviewed

Srinagar, January 24

In the past four years, 665 projects of Rs 490.78 crore, including public parks, marriage halls, open-air gyms, and slaughterhouses, spread across 40 towns of Kashmir, were carried out. This was disclosed by Commissioner Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Mandeep Kaur, during a review of the functioning of Urban Local Bodies of Kashmir.

She reviewed the implementation of various key initiatives like development activities under the capex budget, beautification of towns, human resource mobilisation, revenue realisation, sanitation and other urban development programmes.

The Commissioner Secretary while appreciating different development projects and other urban connect activities being carried out by all the 40 ULBs of Kashmir, said the importance of city beautification, especially sanitation of water bodies in all urban areas, should be taken on priority. “She also directed the officers to ensure 100% D2D collection of waste in segregated form besides ensuring proper faecal sludge management which will improve the overall sanitation scenario in urban areas. She also emphasised that listing of bulk waste generators shall be done in all ULBs as per the norms set in the SWM Rules 2016,” a government statement said.