Srinagar July 15: The Minister for R&B,   GM Saroori on Thursday, inspected ongoing widening work of Dalgate-Batmalloo road, taken up under Central Road Fund (CRF) scheme at an estimated cost of Rs 10.46 crore, an official handout said.
 “Interacting with the engineers,   Saroori asked them to speed up the land acquisition, required for the purpose, and ensure that project is completed well in time,” the handout said.
 The Minister said the widening of existing 4-lane Dalgate-Batamaloo road into 6-lane was taken up to ease the traffic pressure on this important road of the summer capital.  Traffic jamming in Lal Chowk, Regal Chowk, Jahangir Chowk, Batamaloo and Dalgate would be eased to a large extent, once the project is completed,   Saroori hoped.
 The Minister was informed that Rs 5 crore have been expended on the project so far and is expected to be completed ahead of its schedule.
 He was informed that  macadamization of the road from Dalgate upto Polio View would be completed by the end of this year.
 Underling need for applying double shift methods,   Saroori asked the engineers to accelerate work on other projects as well, taken up in the Srinagar City, in view of the limited working season.
 He asked the engineers to ensure constant monitoring on all the projects to avoid delay in completion besides checking the usage of qualitative material as per specifications.  “There would be no compromise on quality of work,” the Minister said.

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