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Dr Abid Shah assumes charge as CEO, J&K ERA/JTFRP

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Jammu: Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah today assumed the charge of the Chief Executive Officer, J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA).

Dr. Abid has served at various key posts like Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama and Kulgam and is currently holding charge of CEO Mission Youth and Additional Secretary Finance.

After assuming the charge, Dr Abid Shah chaired an elaborate meeting with the senior officers of ERA and JTFRP and discussed in detail about the functioning and ongoing works. ERA successfully completed 117 projects in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

It was given out that Currently ERA is executing J&K Urban Sector Development, Investment Program (JKUSDIP) funded by ADB at a cost of Rs. 1639 crores. Under the JKUSDIP construction of two flyovers – “Jehangir Chowk- Rambagh-Barzalla” in Srinagar and “Bikram Chowk flyover” in Jammu and “Grade Separator at TRC Junction, Srinagar were conceived with a purpose to decongest the traffic on the routes with frequent traffic jamming. Mechanised car parking facility at Old KMDA Adda, Srinagar has been completed at a cost of Rs 28.98 crores and construction of Mechanised car Parking Facility at Super Bazaar, City Chowk, Jammu has been completed at a cost of Rs 47.1 crores.

Dr. Abid took an elaborate review of ongoing Jehlum Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP) which is part of Economic Reconstruction Agency is executing World Bank funded project at a cost of Rs. 1564 crore. Dr. Abid enjoined upon the officers to work with complete zeal and dedication in a missionary mode to ensure that ERA/JTFRP becomes an engine of growth and development for J&K across sectors benefitting the public in general. On the occasion the CEO impressed upon the officers and officials of ERA/JTFRP for transparency, effective and efficient operations with focussed and public participations and social impact assessment and data driven decisions making for effective service delivery and infrastructure development.

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