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The Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Thiru T.R. Baalu has approved eight works for development of various roads in the state of Jammu & Kashmir which include the Widening and Improvement of Tikri-Katra-Vaishno Devi road in Jammu Province.
The other seven works include improvement of Pahalgam-Chandanwari road, development of North-South Corridor from Soura to Pandoh, upgradation of Northern Foreshore Road from Nishat Junction to Naseem Bagh junction and upgradation of Verinag-Kokernag Road – all four in Srinagar district ; widening up of Janipur-Ambgrota road and widening and upgradation of double lane Satwari Airport – R.S.Pura road including construction of 100 m prestressed concrete bridge over Baloal Nallah in Jammu district. In Doda district improvement and upgradation of Doda-Dessa road would be taken up.
An amount of Rs. 51.63 crores has been approved from the Central Road Fund (CRF) from the appropriations of accruals to the CRF from the cess being levied on diesel and petrol. The Accruals to various States depend on the fuel consumed in particular State and according to this formula, the total accrual to J&K State for the year 2004-05 was of the order of Rs.48.6 crore. However, Thiru Baalu has approved the above mentioned eight works amounting to Rs. 51.63 crores for the overall benefit of the people of J&K.
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