DC Doda withholds salary of XEn, asks SE Hydraulics to blacklist non-performing contractors

Doda February 03:-‘District Development Commissioner Doda Vikas Sharma on wednesday chaired the day-long meetings of RDD, PHE, PDD and Irrigation departments to review their performance under different vital heads including Area Development Plan of PRI’S, NABARD and District Capex here at conference hall of DC office today.

Earlier in the morning the DDC took the detail review of RDD under Area Development Plan under which DDC enquired about the updated status of tendering of works, status of allotment, physical and financial completion as of ending January 2022, besides reviewed the block wise review of works and expenditure incurred and other issues.

In addition to the expenditure the DDC directed the ACD and BDO’S to ensure that all the bills pending for payment at treasury level shall be got released in coordination with the concerned treasuries with immediate effect, besides asked to mobilise the contractor of their respective areas to expedite the execution of works for time bound completion in all aspect. He instructed that in respect of works held up in snow-bound area the contractor should be in a state of readiness with men, machinery and material to be able to start / resume work on first opportunity where the weather conditions become conducive for work and complete all the works before 15th of March, 2022.

The DDC informed the BDO’s to mobolise their field functionaries, besides asked them to expedite the framing of bills of all the physically completed works simultaneously so that timely expenditure shall be incurred on priority basis.
Moreover DDC directed the constitution of a fresh committees at Block levels for the material payment liability works verification of 2017-18,19,20. The process shall be completed within next 15 days, he asserted.

Meanwhile taking a strong cognisance of the poor performance shown by Ex En PHE Spl Sub division Gandoh, the DDC ordered withholding of salary with immediate effect, besides sought explanation from Ex En PHE Doda for showing poor performance of expenditure under regular component schemes, besides failing to apprise the chair about the updated progress report against all the approved works.

While reviewing the progress of PDD under capex and rural and urban electrification, the DDC directed the AEE project wing to submit the updated status of work done by Transrail within next seven days, besides asked the Shalaka Infra to hand over all the 71 completed sites fully charged to JPDCL within seven days,in addition to this directed the EX En JPDCL Doda to devise a 10 day schedule of handing over of these 71 sites.

Further the DDC directed the concerned to submit the list of habitations which have been covered under these 71 sites, besides asked them to submit the list of habitations yet to be electrified.

The meeting was attended by CPO DODA, ACD Doda, BDOs, Ex Ens, besides AEEs and JEs were also present.