DC Budgam holds interdepartmental follow up and coordination meeting on Ring Road, NH444

BUDGAM, APRIL 22: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Athar Aamir Khan, today chaired a meeting to review the progress of the Ring Road Development Project in the district, following his field inspection of the project alignment yesterday.

The meeting focused on construction of Ring Road Phase-I, Airport and  Railway Station connectivity, connectivity with district roads, Synchronization with NH444 corridor, Railway underpasses, junctions etc.

The DC was attended by ACR Budgam, Executive Engineer R&B Circle Srinagar, representatives of NHAI, and other concerned officers.

During the meeting, the DC took a segment-wise review of the progress achieved across various stretches of the Ring Road corridor from NH-44 Galandar to Narbal, including Khanda, Wathoora, Gadsathu, Ichkoot, Razwan and Dharmuna.

He reviewed the status of works, land acquisition, utility shifting and alignment, drainage and irrigation water channelisation.

The DC directed executing agencies to ensure speedy progress across all stretches and directed for close coordination among departments to resolve bottlenecks. He also instructed adherence to timelines and quality standards.