Srinagar May 21:  The Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development, Nasir Sogami Friday said Bagh-e-Mehtab would be developed as model colony having all the basic facilities in a planned manner.
 The Minister said this while interacting with the colony residents during his visit to  Bagh-e- Mehtab this morning.
 An official handout said: “All the 8 sectors of the colony highlighted the problems of their respective areas regarding development of Green-belt, rehabilitation of families residing on main road, allotment of graveyard, construction of community hall, sanctioning of dispensary and providing of civic facilities.”
  The Minister discussed all these issues with the team of officers accompanying him.
 Speaking on the occasion, the Minister directed ERA to speed up the construction work of main road and drainage system and complete it within the targeted period.
 He assured that all the households coming under road widening will be rehabilitated soon.
 He said all the inner roads of the colony be macadamised this year and work on this project would be started as soon as weather improves in the Valley.
 To provide better drinking water facilities to the people, the Minister said that the PHE schemes for the colony would be upgraded this year for which funds would be released soon.
 He directed the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir to move a proposal for setting up of Primary Health Centre in the Colony for which land has already been earmarked.
 Sogami directed the officers to explore possibilities of including the colony within the municipal limits of Srinagar so that the colony is maintained on modern lines. He asked Urban Development Department to identify one green belt for development during this fiscal. He said that streetlights would also be installed in the colony as soon as it comes under municipal limits.
 For the allotment of graveyard for the colony, Sogami directed the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir to sort out this issue at the earliest.
 The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Naseema Lanker, Directors of ERA, OP Dubay and Madan Mohan, MD Housing Board, Ravi Thusoo, Provincial President, NC,  Ali Muhammad Dar, SE Drainage, Anil Koul and team of Engineers of Irrigation, PHE and Flood Control accompanied the Minister during the visit.

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