Srinagar: After rendering the Master plan a “futile document’ during its regime by allowing its frequent violations, the PDP-BJP government is all now set to restore the its lost importance to make it an effective and essential guide for the future construction in this summer capital especially in congested Old City.
The government has taken the move to save this city from further devastation after it was hit by the floods in 2014, which left behind a tale of death and destruction.
“If government has made such plans we welcome it. The famous saying goes…better late than never. But had government not played politics with the Master Plan, we would not have seen Srinagar devastating before our eyes,’ said Sami-ullah, a government engineer.
It is widely believed that the city got submerged in the 2014 floods because the government turned blind eye towards the repeated Master plan violations, whether it is the controversial construction of Skewed Bridge at Rajbagh or other constructions along the river Jhelum banks, flood channel or the rehabilitation of people near Chount Kul and Rakhi-Arth.
Experts had already warned of disaster over the frequent Master plan violations, but the government didn’t pay any heed to them.
As per official sources, the same will be scrutinized by the Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) department before it gets approved.
“The Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) department will suggest the measures so that in future the flood damage is largely prevented,” they said.
The presentation of the draft to revise the Master Plan was formulated in the previous regime of NC-Congress. It will put in the public domain for suggestions before finalising it. (PTK)
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