Omar inspects projects in Ganderbal Addresses workers

GANDERBAL: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday inspected various development projects in district Ganderbal and directed the executing agencies to speed up the pace of work ensuring quality and judicial spending of funds.
While inspecting the progress of work on Rs. 54 crore district hospital complex, Ganderbal, the Chief Minister laid stress on accelerating the pace of work and ensuring completion of the hospital by December next year. “You should redouble your working schedules and put up added efforts in helping the completion of the project before the targeted date of August 2013”, he told the executing agency adding that the availability of up to the mark healthcare facility to the people is priority concern of his Government.
Talking to the officers of JKPCC and R&B at the construction site of Shadipora bridge, the Chief Minister underlined its importance adding that the two districts of Bandipora and Ganderbal would be connected by the completion of this vital bridge. He said it would provide easy access to the people of the twin districts to travel large distances in shortest span of time. The Chief Minister asked the executing agencies to complete the bridge by December this year. The bridge is likely to cost over Rs. 14.84 crores.
During his visit to the project site of Physical Education College at Gadoora, the Chief Minister was apprised of various aspects of progress of the work on Physical Education College Complex coming up at a cost of over Rs. 30 crores. The Chief Minister said that the complex would help to nurture sports talent and provide opportunities to youth for attaining excellence in different fields of physical education.
Later, the Chief Minister interacted with the workers of his party at a party worker’s meet and discussed matters relating to the party affairs and its strengthening at grass roots.
Omar Abdullah asked the workers to serve as a bridge between the government and the people and make general public aware of the measures coalition government is taking for the welfare and development of people in the State. He advised them to keep close rapport with government functionaries and political leaders for getting the public grievances addressed properly and ensure benefits of the schemes to them.
The Chief Minister also advised them for strengthening the ties of coalition between coalition partners and working jointly to achieve the goal of speedy progress and restoration of permanent peace in the State for which the coalition government stands.
The office bearers of the party at district level apprised the Chief Minister of various matters pertaining to the functioning of the party in the district. They assured the Chief Minister of their full cooperation in translating his Government’s development vision for peaceful and progressive Jammu and Kashmir into reality.