Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Secretary, Civil Aviation Department chaired a meeting to review progress on expansion of Jammu Airport .While seeking status of different aspects of the prestigious project, the Secretary directed the concerned officers to further step efforts accelerating pace of progress.
He asked them to remove the impediments, if any, in expeditious execution of this airport expansion project.
He directed to avoid any kind of delay in timely completion of this project.
Aijaz directed the Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police to ensure that no illegal construction work is done in and around hundred meter of the boundary wall of the airport area.
Aijaz emphasized the submission of daily reports to the concerned on periodic basis.
The Secretary directed the Animal Husbandry Department to shift the cattle farm in the newly built camp at Chatha and handover the farm area to AAI. He also instructed them to shift the remaining structures especially poultry farm area for taking up the apron work by AAI.
Aijaz told the departmental authorities to watch the possibility of shifting the Hatchery at alternate location and handover the structure to the Airport Authority within month’s time so that the area could be utilised properly for expansion of the airport.
Deputy Commissioner, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, briefed the Secretary that evaluation of Residential structures falling in the project area has also been done and compensation is being given to the affected people in a phased manner. He also informed that the structures of Animal Husbandry Belicharana, which have come in the project area, are being demolished as per requirement of the project.
Director Airport, Jammu, Sanjeev Kumar Garg, gave a detailed presentation highlighting broad contours of Jammu Airport expansion plan and present status of the works being done there.
