Expedite bunkers construction to protect border residents: J-K Guv
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday stressed for expediting the work on construction of bunkers to protect lives of border residents in Jammu division, an official said.
Malik passed the directions during a meeting with Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, who met him at Raj Bhavan, an official spokesman said.
He said Verma apprised Governor about the present status of construction of individual and community bunkers along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu division.
"Governor stressed for expediting the pace of work ensuring timely completion of construction of individual and community bunkers to protect lives of border residents and other under-execution developmental projects in the division, the spokesman said.
Verma also gave first hand appraisal of pace of various developmental activities in Jammu division.
The Centre had sanctioned the construction of 14,460 individual and community bunkers at a cost of 415.73 crore along