The Jammu smart city project has incurred expenditures exceeding Rs 800 crore over the last six years, as reported by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during the Assembly session on Monday. Abdullah, who also oversees the Housing and Urban Development Department, stated that there have been no significant complaints regarding the completed works associated with the Jammu smart city initiative.
The Chief Minister stated in a written response to an unstarred question posed by BJP’s Vikram Randhawa that, as of now, Jammu Smart City has spent a total of Rs 815.37 crore on projects, which includes administrative and office expenses (A&OE). Providing a breakdown by year, he noted that expenditures were Rs 52 crore in 2019-20, Rs 75.18 crore in 2020-21, Rs 128.05 crore in 2021-22, Rs 196.21 crore in 2022-23, Rs 225.63 crore in 2023-24, and Rs 138.30 crore in 2024-25 to date.
He said the funds to the tune of Rs 830.98 crore were so far released for the Jammu smart city projects, out of which Rs 815.37 crore were utilised.
He said 400 complaints relating to installation of unique Digital Door Number (DDN) plates were received, out of which 350 have been resolved. The DDN plates are being installed as part of the government plan to geo-tag and assign the unique number to every household and commercial property.
Similarly, 300 complaints relating to e-Bues operation, ticketing, misbehavior by driver or conductor were received and in 285 cases penalties on defaulting persons or agencies were imposed, he said.
He said 16 complaints with regard to construction of table top crossings, water logging at Panama Chowk, drains in Gandhi Nagar and Bharat Nagar near Poonch House, non functioning of decorative poles light, installation of poles in front of shops at residency road, disruption of traffic during to construction of gates at Indira chowk and Raghunath Bazar and transfer of funds were received and resolved.
