MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR INSPECTS DEVELOPMENTS WORKS
Continuing the drive to provide better basic and development amenities to the people of Jammu Chander Mohan Gupta mayor accompanied by Advocate Purnima Sharma , Deputy Mayor Jammu Municipal Corporation Today on 25/06/2020 conducted an extensive tour of various localities of Gandhi nagar area & took stock of the ongoing installation works of fountain at Girdhari lal Dogra park /rotary situated on university Road Opp. Police Headquarter Jammu. Sh Rahul Kumar Councilor of ward no.20, Sh Vinay Gupta , BJP Jammu Distt President , Sh Neeraj Puri councilor of ward no.54/ Gandhi Nagar mandal, President and Sh Rachit Khosla ,Secretary BJP Gandhi Nagar Mandal, Sh Narinder Gupta (Koki) Sh Sandeep Gupta, prominent workers Sh Mohit Mahajan , Executive Engineer of project division of JMC alongwith his team , concerned contractor also accompanied the Hon’ble Mayor and Deputy Mayor during the tour . Mayor told that due to coronavirus nationwide lockdown & due to non availability of labourers and construction material, the installation works of about nineteen numbers of fountains in various rotaries of the city was forced to stop by the JMC. He further informed that now the same activity has been re-started again with an estimated cost of Rs one crore 47 lacs only by the project division of JMC by engaging required number of labourers for the said work which will also provide livelihood to the migrant labourers. Mayor and Deputy Mayor directed the concerned project division to expedite the work of installation remaining no. of fountains, with quality material & within the shortest period of time and told that after their installation in the rotaries with colourful lights around them, citizens of Jammu alongwith their children can see these beautiful and colourful fountains and enjoy the pollution free environment of the surroundings as their Forefathers/Elders and they themselves during their childhood have seen the importance of fountains in their life during the period of Maharaja Hari Singh who have installed number of beautiful fountains in Jammu city during his era which were later disappeared as the time gone. Now to provide eco-friendly atmosphere in the city upto some extent, JMC has taken the initiatives for the welfare of general public to provide pollution free atmosphere , for installation of 19 number of fountains in the city in 1st phase so that Jammu can be made a neat, clean & green city. They also appeal to the general public to avail full benefit of the development/beautification activities being undertaken by this department & cooperate with JMC in various activities, adopt the habit of segregation of dry & wet waste at their own level, also donot throw garbage, filth etc in the public lanes, drain & parks, refrain from using single use plastics, polythenes in their routine to make Jammu really a smart & pollution free city.
