Works Information

The Srinagar Municipal Corporation besides other functions has to provide the civic amenities covering basic infrastructure.

Accordingly, the following types of works are being undertaken and looked after by the Corporation through its Works Department, which is headed by the Joint Commissioner(Work)/ Superintendent Engineer :-

• The construction, maintenance of municipal markets

• The Construction, maintenance of drains and drainage works, (except certain pockets, being looked after by UEED) and of public latrines, urinals and similar conveniences.

• Constriction and maintenance of surface and lateral drains

• The Construction and maintenance of works.

• The maintenance and development of the value of all property vested in or existed with the management of the Corporation.

• The maintenance of municipal offices

• Beautification of Srinagar city – which include fountains, parks etc.

• Slum Improvement & Up-gradation

• Rehabilitation for urban poor.
  

The major roads including approaches & streets that build the road network of the City are being undertaken and looked after by the Roads & Buildings and other Departments. While the Srinagar Municipal Corporation is building connectivity of the interior (households and other properties with the streets and approach roads of the localitieswithin the Municipal limits. The Corporation is accordingly in practice of developing, maintaining and up keeping of the lanes /bye-Lanes for the Srinagar City. The lanes/bye-lanes can have least width in the dense populated areas or may have reasonable width for passage of light and or heavy vehicles in the new areas depending upon the existing vicinity. This component even if seems small in nature but has an immense purpose and importance with respect to the public convenience at door step. Presently the Corporation adopts special specifications in its execution and is also using I-Shaped inter locked tiles for surface treatment, which in turn provide smoother surfaces and beautifies the interior areas of City. These inter locked tiles are mostly 50 mm thick and M-15 concrete.

The next majorprovision for the people of the City is to develop, maintain and up-keepthe Semi-Deep /Covered Drains, as without a proper drainage the roads/ lanes became water logged and create difficulties for the public and also damage the status of the lane/road. Therefore, (except certain pockets, being looked after by UEED) Corporation constructs and maintains such drains for convenience to people. These drains are mostly constructed in the middle of the road / lane. These drains are covered with slab cover, having manholes at regular length and holes for run-off water. In interior area, where the lane width is least, surface drain in the center of the lane are being constructed/ maintained and is covered with the trash guards to make full use of the lane/by lane width for public in their passage.

The Corporation is also in the practice of constructing and maintaining the retaining/ protection walls, culverts etc. in area when there is a huge difference in the level. Where people at times have made the location like vertical cliffs, created an opportunity for huge danger / disaster for the people living there especially during rainy season for mud slides and where pedestrian face inconvenience.

The Corporation is also taking in hand several other programmesthat beautify the City.It is called Beautification of Srinagar City. The Corporation has been in the practice of identifying such spots in the City and constructing/maintaining the same. The fountains and parks etc. are the major such development made before when Srinagar Municipality was in existence. But with its conversion to Corporation, several comprehensive plans for construction of sculpture fountains/Monuments etc. were made. Some spots were identified for the purpose & improvisationin beautification of the city, were made by erecting the following:-

The construction of public facility centers at various city centers is also been looked after by the Corporation. There are many such centers that are being used by the public in the city of Srinagar. Some such facility centers are currently under construction.Unlike the old traditional public utility centers / lavatory blocks Corporation has built, the new lavatory bocks are being designed with all the modern facilities. The community facility centers have been raised at various locations for public convenience. Such facilities not only provide convenience to particulars but also to general people. As people faces inconveniences in traffic and allied movement when someone erect taboos and tents for marriages and assembly on major roads and streets at places where there is no open land or facility. Most of the community centers have accordingly been raised in the densely populated areas with all facilities, like toilet, wash rooms, store and cooking facilities etc. some of the community centers which have been raised by the Corporation are :-

Under the beautification programme, the construction of parks, renovationof old parks, improvements to some graveyards and beautification to the shrines located in the heart of the City have also been under taken by the Corporation from to time. The mention of some of the following is given here :-

In addition to this, renovationof the office buildings is being attended to face liftthe Main Municipal Buildings and other related offices in the City. The Corporation is also raising remunerative assets and is also renovating the old buildings and shop site (Municipal Assets) which generate revenue for the Corporation. The Corporation is in practice of establishing markets/Bazar mostly for vendors, who illegally occupy the city sites and run their business on the footpath and road-side, and with the passage of time causes inconvenience to the traffic and pedestrian. One such occurrence is of the vegetable bgcolor="#B6C8F3" vendors, who were running their business in front of the Iqbal Park. The Corporation on the plea to rehabilitate the vegetable bgcolor="#B6C8F3" vendors, provide convenience to traffic flow and face lift the Iqbal Park through J&K Bank, established the vegetable bgcolor="#B6C8F3" Bazar/market at BaghNand Singh for public. Current projects taken in hand for similar purpose are at:-

Similarly, waste collection spots and landfill site is being developed and improved by the corporation. The Slum Improvement & Up-gradation and Rehabilitation for urban poor being among the further responsibility are being looked after by the Corporation under separate programmes.

The Government for this purpose is providing funds to the Corporation under various Plan Schemes. Accordingly the Corporation utilizes these funds for the developmental works as per the demands of the general public and identification of the Hon’ble Members of Legislative Assembly, Hon’ble Municipal Corporators for their respective areas.

• However, the funds provided by the State and Central Government under different Schemes/programmes, includes the C.C.D.P /Constitution Development; JnNURM (BSUP) etc.. Besides, this some other funds for individual works (identified by the MLAs, MPs under the respective schemes falling in municipal area) are being transferred to the Corporation for execution of the same.

• An Action Plan for the works to be executed in a specific year is being prepared and approved by the Corporation. However, depending upon the resources available, the budgetary sanctions for the “current year Programme”, execution of works on the priority as already fixed by the Corporation is undertaken.

• The works other than mentioned in the works programme are being undertaken by the Corporation under the Plan “Assets, Self -financing and other allied state central sponsored schemes.

• People who intend to have some works got done in their locality can approach the Corporation for identification and enlisting of same in time before the Action Plan for a specific year is prepared and approved.

Two Executive Engineer i.e. Right River and Left River divisions are supervising and executing the civil works in their respective jurisdiction to the best expectations of the public under the overall supervision and control of the Joint Commissioner (Works)

Right River Division

Left River Division