Project News Detail
| Project No : | 174338 |
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| Project Title : | Bhawan And Shrine Area Development Project In Jammu And Kashmir |
| Company Name : | Government Of Jammu And Kashmir |
| Project Detail : | The 62nd meeting of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board was held at Raj Bhawan here today under the chairmanship of Governor NN Vohra The board reviewed the progress of all its major projects that are underway and took a number of important decisions for improving the management further and the enlargement of infrastructure facilities for the yatra to the holy cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi With the objective of ensuring that the infrastructure is established at correct locations, is aesthetically designed and does not affect the environment, the board had decided over a year ago to have a master plan prepared for the areas around Bhawan, Manokamna, Bhaironji, Adhkuwari and Banganga, besides having an architectural design of Durga Bhawan prepared by the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. In this context, a series of meetings have been held with the School of Planning and Architecture in the past year. In today’s board meeting, the master plan to be executed in phases was approved The approved master plan involves a number of major interventions for execution under Phase-I proposed to be completed by 2021 and Phase-II by 2031. The interventions proposed in the Phase-I include facilitating smooth unidirectional movement of yatris in the Bhawan area towards Atka and providing vertical connections by installation of high-capacity elevators along with staircases on the track at multiple locations, widening of track to remove congestion, improvement in the gradient of pathways and provision of large spaces along the track to provide resting places for the yatris. Besides, the master plan entails the construction of an extended exit route, creation of free accommodation with self-contained blanket stores, drinking water facilities, toilet blocks, catering outlets, additional lockers and the redevelopment of the entire existing market area While expressing satisfaction at the pace of execution of the various ongoing projects, the board directed the shrine board CEO to ensure the timely completion of all works and time-bound implementation of the master plan Vohra directed that the construction of the two proposed hostel buildings should be completed before June 2019 |
| Project Location : | Not Classified - Jammu-kashmir - India |
| Project Estimation : | Refer Document |
| Status : | Announced |