Director ULB chairs meeting in Sopore, approves funds for development
Sopore: Director Urban Local Bodies Wednesday chaired a meeting in north Kashmir’s Sopore town and approved on spot funds for various developmental projects.
Director Local Urban Bodies Riyaz Ahmad chaired a high level meeting with the newly elected councillors of at Dak Bunglow here in Sopore.
During the meeting many issues regarding the development of town were discussed. Consequently the councillors also presented many demands of town like public toilets, functioning of street lights, rehabilitation of street vendors and lack of proper dumping site in the town.
The Director ULB assured all possible support to the newly elected councillors for the betterment and development of town. He approved the action plan of 40 lakh for the development of town on the spot and ordered for installing 100 street lights in the town.
Later giving details about the meeting, Councillor Masrat Kar said that the meeting went off quite well and the people of Sopore will get to see real development in near future.
She said that Sopore will be counted among the developed towns soon.
The councilor further said that as water logging has become a nuisance in town, five de-watering pumps were also approved so that people will not suffer anymore during the rainy season.
Bilal Ahmad
