Civil Aviation Secretary reviewed the progress on expansion of the Jammu Airport and directed that no illegal construction work should be done in and around hundred meters of the boundary wall of the airport area.
Seeking status of different aspects of the prestigious project, Civil Aviation Department Secretary Mohammad Aijaz Asad directed the officers concerned to step up efforts accelerating the pace of progress on these vital works so that the project is completed within the fixed timeline.
He asked them to remove the impediments, if any, in expeditious execution of this airport expansion project so as to avoid any kind of delay in its timely completion.
The Secretary also directed the Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police to ensure that no illegal construction work was done in and around hundred metres of the boundary wall of the airport area. In this regard, he asked for submission of a proper report to the concerned on a periodic basis.
The Secretary directed the Animal Husbandry department to shift the cattle farm in the newly built camp at Chatha and hand over the farm area to the Airports Authority of India (AAI). He also instructed them to shift the remaining structures, especially poultry farm area for taking up the apron work by AAI.
He asked them to explore the possibility of shifting the hatchery at an alternate location and handover the structure to the AAI within a month’s time so that the area could be utilized 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.