In a major initiative for expansion of Jammu city, the Jammu Development Authority is going to develop an Integrated Smart Satellite Township for a population of about 50 thousand along ring road at Bhalwal. The decision to develop the satellite township was taken in a meeting of the Board of Directors of the JDA under the chairmanship of Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department on Thursday, August 18, 2022. It may be recalled a similar township has been decided to be developed by the J&K Housing Board.
The proposed township will be a completely self-sufficient state-of-the-art satellite town with all modern infrastructure and amenities, including for commercial and institutional usage, and will also provide livelihood opportunities for its residents within the township. It will be for the first time in last three decades that the JDA will take up development of a housing colony of this scale in Jammu. The proposed township will fully take care of the expansion needs of Jammu city.
The Board further approved the revamping of drainage, road, water supply and power distribution infrastructure in under developed housing colonies of JDA viz Udheywala, Gole Gujral, Birpur, Kot Bhawal and Roop Nagar sector 6 with an estimated expenditure of Rs 66 crores which will touch the lives of population of more than ten thousand residents in these colonies. Grant of alternate plots to the allottees of Roop Nagar housing colony sector 6 (new) in other sectors of the same colony, who could not be handed over possession because of long legal disputes, was also approved by the Board.
Vice Chairman JDA, Pankaj Magotra presented a detailed agenda including the action taken on the decisions of the previous meeting before the Board for discussion covering several issues pertaining to the functioning of the JDA and new initiatives for the development of the urban infrastructure in Jammu city.
The Board was apprised by VC JDA that top real estates consultants of the country like KPMG, Knight Franks Ernst and Young, CBRE, JLL have been empanelled as Transaction Advisors by JDA for the upcoming major infrastructure development project to be taken up in PPP mode which include Mass Flatted Housing Projects in Birpur, Samba for the construction of nearly 1200 housing units, development of prime commercial space in Rail head Complex, Development of Eco-resort and city forest at Sidhra, Redevelopment of Kalka colony near Bahu fort, Redevelopment of old Bus Stand Jammu, IT Tower near Fourth Tawi Bridge, Jammu.