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Rajouri, February, 22: District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan on Monday convened a meeting with the members of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti here at GMC&AH.

The meeting was attended by the ADC Rajouri, Sher Singh; SE PWD, Shahid Latief; Principal GMC,Dr.Kuldeep Singh; DSEO, Bilal Rashid Mir; CMO, Dr.Shamim Un Nissa Bhatti; MS DH, Dr. Yaqoob; ExEn Jal Shakti Department Rajouri, Mushtaq Ahmed and other members of the RKS besides the DDC Member Rajouri Constituency, Sai Abdul Rashid was also present in the meeting.

The meeting discussed threadbare various issues pertaining to augmenting the facilities at hospital and various decisions were taken for purchasing, procurement and repairing of hospital equipment from RKS and HDF Head for welfare of the patients and administration.

The meeting gave approval for purchase and repairs of many hospital gadgets that include fire extinguisher, chairs and benches, wheel chairs, signages, statures, sanitary items, rabies vaccine, some electrical items, physiotherapic items, post mortem items, dental material and repair of some hospital gadgets.

Speaking on the occasion, the DDC asked the concerned officers of the Health Department to put in place dedicated efforts to ensure that best possible medicare services are provided to the public.He also stressed upon the concerned members of the RKS to ensure judicious use of funds and ensure quality of the items so that the facilities created shall last for a long time.

DDC said that RKS is not only a committee but also a divergent group drawn from the Administration itself and the public for providing smooth and hassle free health care services to the masses.He also asked the concerned authorities to ensure rational utilisation of the funds provided for the procurement of the essential health care items.

DDC directed the Principal GMC to constitute a purchase committee for the procurement of all the essential health care items and the committee will submit its report on a monthly basis.

DDC also asked the concerned authorities to identify the tests which are currently not performed in the GMC&AH and add those tests in the hospital so that the required materials for conducting such tests can be procured to facilitate the public.

DDC also inspected different wards of the hospital and expressed his satisfaction over the sanitary condition being maintained there by the Hospital Administration.

Meanwhile the District Development Commissioner also laid the foundation stone for work on remodeling of 18 washrooms of the GMC&AH to be executed by the Public Works Department at an estimated cost of Rs 2.00 crores and the work on the project is expected to be completed by the end of July this year.

DDC asked the concerned authorities from PWD to ensure regular monitoring of the project and ensure that the work on the project is completed at the earliest besides he also directed them to start the work on the beautification of the lawn of the GMC&AH.

Rajouri, February, 22:– The District Administration Rajouri, yet in another move threw open the construction work of two vital roads projects after clearing the major bottlenecks. The road projects where bottlenecks have been removed are Workshop Bridge to Ghambir Bharmana and Circular Road near Hamilton Bridge.

The teams of District Administration headed the Tehsildar Rajouri, Mohd Rafiq along with SHO Sameer Jalani visited the spots and cleared all the Bottlenecks. The complete exercise was supervised by the Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri ,Sher Singh and under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner Rajouri ,Rajesh Kumar Shavan.

Tehsildar Rajouri informed that these two roads had been struck for so many years due to some minor issues, like alignment of the road and compensation in lieu of the fruit bearing plants.

He further informed that both these roads are being executed by the PWD Department.

With the construction of the Workshop Bridge to Ghambir Bharmana road more than 2000 souls would be benefited while the circular road was sanctioned with the sole purpose to reduce the traffic congestion in the town.

” The construction agencies face various constraints during different stages of construction of the roads and these constraints often lead to delays in construction and completion becomes tardy and in some instances construction activity is almost a non-starter,” the Deputy Commissioner said.

He also said, these constraints not only lead to time overruns but also huge cost escalations. We cannot afford to ignore the fact that timely completion of these roads is something where compromise may have an adverse effect on the lives of the rural populace.

The Deputy Commissioner appealed the public to shun these minor self interest over large community benefits and do not create impediments on the way of Development.

Rajouri, February, 21: The seven days long Mega Awareness cum Exhibition Mela organised by the District Administration Rajouri in collaboration with KVIB culminated here today at the PWD Dakbunglow Rajouri.

The valedictory function was attended by the District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan.

Vice Chairman J&K KVIB, Hina Shafi Bhat who is on a two days visit to the District was also present during the valedictory function.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Sher Singh; Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Mohd Ashraf; DSEO, Bilal Rashid Mir and other district officers were also present on the occasion.

The Mega Awareness cum Exhibition Mela was organised under National SC/ST Hub (NSSH) scheme of the Government which would provide professional support to the SC/ST enterprises thereby enabling them to effectively participate in the public procurement process.

Thousands of People from all sections of the society and officials thronged the event and participated in the mela and availed the necessary benefits.

More than twenty five stalls displaying different items were set up by the SC ST MSMEs which includes Honey, Readymade Garments, Carry Bags, Food based products and track suits, furniture, black smithy etc.

Moreover, Departments like Animal husbandry, Sheep Husbandry , Handicrafts, Handlooms, Agriculture Sericulture,and Banks had also set up their stalls in the Exhibition displaying their different employment Schemes.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Hina Shafi Bhatt said that Government of India has formulated the Public Procurement Policy 2012, according to which 20 percent of total procurement of goods and services by Central Ministries, departments and CPSEs shall be made from MSMEs and 4 percent of such procurement shall be from SC and ST owned MSMEs and NSSH is an initiative of the Government of India to develop a supportive ecosystem to focus on the growth of SC-ST MSMEs

She added that the Department of the Khadi Village Industries Board is committed to take all possible steps to ensure the socio-economic development of the SC and ST population and such awareness mela would continue to be organised in near future.

Addressing the participants, the DDC said that such exhibitions is a positive stride towards the development and upliftment of the SC and ST community.He informed that at least 04 percent of the total procurement of the products by the central as well as the UT Government should be from the SC and SC community.

DDC also urged upon the masses to ensure their maximum participation in such programmes as such awareness melas provide an opportunity for the public to directly interact with the field functionaries of different Departments and they are made aware of the several welfare schemes being launched by the Government for their well-being.

DSEO, Bilal Rashid Mir was the stage secretary on the occasion and the whole programme was coordinated and well managed by the DSEO.

Rajouri, February, 21:District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan on Sunday kick started work on the Bus Stand at Bella Colony.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Sher Singh; Executive Engineer PWD Rajouri, Mohd Zubair; Executive Officer Municipal Council Rajouri besides the President MC Rajouri, Mohd Arief were present on the occasion.

DDC while talking to the media persons said that the work was projected by the MC Rajouri during the ‘My town my pride’ programme. He also informed that the the estimated cost of Rs 10.00 lacs.

DDC highlighted the significance of the project saying that the congestion of the town will be reduced to a great extent with the completion of work on the said project. It will also act as an alternative parking place for the city.

DDC also informed that at inception only land labelling will be done so that it can be used as a parking site besides he added that the work on the project will be completed in one week.

The Deputy Commissioner also visited the GMC ans AH at Nagrota and reviewed the progress of the Project. The Deputy Commissioner directed the Contractor and the PWD authorities to complete this vital project at the earliest.

Rajouri February 21:–Continuing crackdown on the illegalities and unauthorised occupants of the Government Buildings, a team of district administration Rajouri headed by Tehsildar Manjakote vacated a school building GMS Thala Kakora and a Veterinary Dispensary Manjakote. The complete exercise was carried out on the directions and supervision of the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh Kumar Shavan.

Pertinent to mention here that, Government Middle School Thala Kakora and building of Veterinary Dispensery Centre Manjakote were under illegal possession for so many years.

“The building have been Vaccated and handed over to the concerned Departments for futher public use”, Javid Ahmed Tehsildar Manjakote informed.

The Deputy Commissioner said that the District Administration is committed to reclaim all the government buildings which has been encorached upon or under illegal possession.

As of now 13 government buildings have been vacated from the illegal possession.

Rajouri, February, 20:–Going tough against the unauthorised occupation of the government buildings, the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan in yet another move has got two Government buildings of the Health Department vacated.

Pertinently, the people during the recently held Public grievances redressal camp at Nowshera apprised the Deputy Commissioner that the buildings of the two health institutions viz. PHC Dandesar and PHC Dandani were complete in all respects but are under illegal encroachment.

Taking cognizance of the issue, the Deputy Commissioner immediately passed on instructions to the ADC Nowshera Sukhdev Singh Samyal to vacate the health institutions at the earliest.

The BMO when contacted informed that the said buildings have been taken over and they will be made functional within two or three days along with all men and machinery.

The public of the area highly appreciated the intervention of the District Administration in clearing the bottlenecks in the way of development and efficient public delivery system.

It is worth mentioning here that as many as nine Government buildings including panchayat ghar, Anganwari centers, schools, PHCs have been vacated within a span of one month under the drive of district administration Rajouri headed by Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Rajesh K Shavan.