The Pioneer 16.11.2010
DFID team inspects Timber Market ColonyStaff Reporter | Bhopal
Department for Internal Development (DFID) team led by its country head Sam Sharpe on Monday inspected the undergoing works in the Timber Market Colony carried out by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation under the Utthan project.
The team also inspected the buses operated under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) modern public transport scheme by visiting the Jawahar Chowk located depot.
Infrastructure development works worth `45 lakh have been carried out under the project in the Timber Market colony.
Madhya Pradesh Urban Services for the Poor (MPUSP) Deputy Director Sunil Singh, DFID Programme Manager Meenakshi Nath, DFID State Representative Sanjay Sharma and Prasanna Parpal, Social Mobility’s Therod, MPUSP nodal officers and RCV were present on the occasion.
Nodal officer of the DFID Mayank Verma informed that the infrastructure development works like construction of roads, laying of pipe lines for drinking water, sewage lines and poles for the public light system and construction of Utthan Bhawan worth
Rs 45 lakh have been carried out in the colony. The residents of the colony demanded all these works and the map for this was also provided by them. Bal Palika was also constituted from the community initiative fund and assistance was also provided to the Anganwadi.
Sam Sharpe reviewed the works and also held discussions with the residents of the colony. He was all praise for the drama played by the children of the colony on infrastructure development, cleanliness friends on the occasion.
