Div Com-(J) reviews land issues of Industries Deptt

Jammu: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday reviewed the establishment of Industrial Estates in the Districts and the land related issues of the Industries & Commerce Department.
The Div Com reviewed in detail the land acquisition for industrial Estates in Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts and bottlenecks being faced by the stakeholder Departments.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Avny Lavasa; Chief Engineer Irrigation & Flood Control, Manoj Gupta; besides Senior Officers of SIDCO, SICOP. Deputy Commissioners of Kathua and Samba along with other concerned officers attended the meeting through video conferencing.
Threadbare discussions were held regarding further development of existing and development of new Estates, besides the progress made in resolving the issues related to the the Industries Department pending in the districts.
The concerned Deputy Commissioner apprised the Div Com about the current status of each case. It was informed that most of the issues have been resolved and those pending would be resolved soon.
The Div Com instructed DCs to cooperate with the Industries Department in sorting out the pending land issues. The functionaries of Industries/ SICOP were also asked to stay in regular touch with DCs and revenue officers to seek coordination for resolving the issues on time.
The Div Com instructed DC Samba, Kathua, Jammu and Udhampur to demarcate the identified land and hand over the same to the Industries and Commerce Department for establishment of Industrial Estates. The DCs were also instructed to resolve the land issues for approach roads to the sites.
Meanwhile, the Div Com also reviewed the power supply, water supply, road to industrial estates. He instructed concerned DCs to ensure that all the facilities are available to industrial estates.