In a major initiative for expansion of Jammu city, the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) is going to develop an Integrated Smart Satellite Township for a population of about 50,000 along ring road at Bhalwal area in the outskirts of Jammu city. AIR Correspondent reports that the decision to develop the satellite township was taken in a meeting of the Board of Directors of the JDA recently. It may be recalled a similar township has been decided to be developed by the J&K Housing Board. Worth to mention, the proposed township will be a completely self-sufficient state-of-the-art satellite town with all modern infrastructure and amenities and will also provide livelihood opportunities for its residents within the township. It will be for the first time in the last three decades that the JDA will take up development of a housing colony of this scale in Jammu.