JAMMU: Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh has stressed on strictly adhering to the existing building codes and regulations while taking up construction works in the State besides ensuring that ecological concerns are addressed in a scientific manner.
The Deputy Chief Minister was addressing officers in the 76th Board of Directors (BoD) meeting of the Jammu Development Authority and 20th BoD meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Lakes and Water Development Authority (LAWDA) here yesterday.
The Government is committed for ensuring the development of the twin capital cities on modern lines and in this regard several developmental initiatives have already been undertaken by the Government and the Centre has also been kind enough to extend their support by way of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Programmes, Dr. Singh said.
While directing officers during the 20th BoD meeting of LAWDA, the Dy. Chief Minister said that environmental concerns of the fragile water bodies of the State should be addressed in a scientific manner.
He said that the environmental concerns should be kept in mind while carrying out the developmental and related activities. The officers of different departments should synergize their efforts in order to address the concerns and also suggest the requisite remedial and corrective measures to be taken, he said.
He directed the officers to take the requisite scientific and technical expertise of various governmental agencies and institutions with regard to the upgradation of the STPs, Bio remediation and other related issues of the Dal and other water bodies.
Dr. Singh also directed the officers to come up with the detailed project report for ensuring conservation of the Brarinambal Lagoon Project so that it comes up as a major tourist attraction in Srinagar city.
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