Joint meeting of District Development Council members; BDC Chairpersons and District Officers held in Rajouri

Discussion on effective implementation of District Capex plan held; Asks public representatives and Government machinery to work side by side for the overall development of the district

RAJOURI, JULY 30: District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh Kumar Shavan convened a first of its kind joint meeting of DDC members, BDC chairpersons and district Officers to chalk out the strategy for effective implementation of the District Capex plan and to discuss the issues hampering the proper functioning of the all the three tiers of the Panchayat system.

A discussion on various points including the status of the approved works, the process initiated to seek technical sanction, administrative approval of new works, the status of tendering and allotment of works, interdepartmental coordination with the elected representatives, and regular meetings are some of the points which were discussed in the meeting.

The District Development Commissioner while speaking during the meeting said that more than 2900 works stand sanctioned under the District Capex Budget in the district and fifty per cent release has been received for the execution of works.

Concerning the estimation of the works of RDD, the concerned officer apprised that 551 works have been approved and out of these 551 works, the estimation for as many as 271 works has been done. The DDC asked the concerned officer to get the administrative approval of these works received at the earliest and after receiving the same, start their tendering so that the works can be started within the shortest possible time.

He also informed that the District Administration has made several strides towards the conservation and management of the water. He also briefed the meeting that a new scheme for effective management of greywater has been launched.

The District Development Commissioner informed that as many as 34 projects have been approved for the district and stressed upon the concerned officers to make concerted efforts to conserve greywater to raise the water table in the district.

The District Development Commissioner also urged the public representatives to motivate more and more women of their respective jurisdictions to get themselves registered with the women water conservation club.

The concerned officer from the RDD has been directed to carry out a massive plantation drive in the district under MGNREGA in convergence with the Forest Department to enhance the green cover of the district. He also set a target of 01 crore plants to be planted during this financial year.

For the restoration of the public utilities damaged due to the incessant rains, the District Development Commissioner apprised that necessary directions have been passed onto the field functionaries for the earliest restoration of the public utilities, besides the compilation of detailed reports of losses of the agriculture sector.

The District Development Commissioner asked the DDC Members and BDC Chairpersons to personally monitor the restoration work of their jurisdictions and made it clear that no payment would be made to any department unless a certificate regarding the completion of restoration work is received from the DDC Member and BDC Chairpersons of that area.

The District Development Commissioner called upon the DDC Council members and BDC Chairpersons to personally monitor the progress of the works in their respective constituencies and blocks. He also called for timely execution of works without compromising the quality of the work.

The District Development Commissioner urged all the public representatives and District officers to work as a team and coordinate with each other for the successful execution of the District Capex plan as per the spirit of the 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj besides, he also asked to focus on speedy execution for achieving maximum targets in a given time frame.

The District Development Commissioner directed the field functionaries to kindly organise regular meetings with elected representatives and assure the participation of all the line departments.

The DDC also informed that the District Administration is working on the proposal to make smart markets in the district.

“Special 312 IT boys have been deployed to carry out the IT related works in the panchayat, and a single room of the school has been dedicated to Jan Seva Kendra,” he added.

The BDC chairpersons and DDC members also raised several issues during the meeting.

The meeting was attended by Vice-Chairman DDC Rajouri, Shabir Khan, DDC members, BDC member; ADDC Rajouri, Pawan Kumar Parihar; Chief Planning Officer, Mohd Khurshid, DFO Nowshera, Suresh Manda; SE PWD, SE Jal Shakti; PO ICDS, Kartar Singh, CMO Rajouri, Dr. Shamim Un Nissa Bhatti, Assistant Commissioner Development, Sushil Khajuria; And other District and Sectoral Officers.