In a first, Srinagar and Jammu, the two capital cities of Jammu and Kashmir state, will get metro trains within next four years. Jammu and Kashmir government headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday announced the work for the light rail system metro, the first of its kind in the country, will begin soon. … Read more
Clearing the way for the construction of the mass rapid passenger transport systems (MRTCs) in Jammu and Srinagar, the two capital cities of Jammu and Kashmir, the state administration has appointed “Metro Man”, Dr Elattuvalapi Sreedharan, as the Principal Adviser of the MRTCs in J&K. The State Administrative Council (SAC), led by Governor Satya Pal … Read more
The dream of Metro trains in Jammu will be a reality soon. A decision in this regard will be taken in a couple of days. Here is everything you need to know: The announcement has been made in the second general house meeting of Jammu Municipal Corporation. The announcement has been made by Finance Commissioner, … Read more
The Jammu & Kashmir government after facing a lot of backlash for not developing Jammu as a tourist destination, is going to develop the Tawi on lines of Gujarat’s Sabarmati River Front. The project would give the river a facelift and beautify the city. Here are a few things you should know about the project: … Read more
-The General Administration Department of State Government has ordered constitution of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) as Companies Limited by Shares under the Companies Act-2013 named as ‘Jammu Smart City Limited’ and ‘Srinagar Smart City Limited’ for implementation of Smart City Development Projects in Jammu and Srinagar under Smart City Mission of Government of India. -These … Read more
At present, eight Indian cities have operational metro service. They are Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Gurgaon and Kochi. Cities set for inauguration of similar service are Hyderabad, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Kanpur. A list of 30 cities to be transformed into smart cities was prepared by Govt. of India. Jammu stood 21st … Read more
Jammu Winter capital, and Srinagar Summer Capital are among the 30 urban centres that were chosen today to be developed as smart cities. Today’s list takes the total number of cities selected so far under the National Democratic Alliance government’s flagship urban modernisation programme to 90. The remaining 10 cities are likely to selected by early … Read more