Rajouri, Apr 09: Principal Secretary, ARI and Training Department (District Prabhari), Ashok Parmar on Sunday visited the Rajouri district and took a comprehensive review of physical and financial progress on development projects and schemes being implemented in the district.
During a meeting held in this regard, the Principal Secretary emphasized interdepartmental coordination as crucial towards resolving developmental bottlenecks besides ensuring the timely completion of work. He exhorted the officers to make dedicated efforts towards ensuring prompt and quality services to the general public. He stressed on the need for taking effective measures to redress the genuine grievances of the public in a time-bound manner.
The Principal Secretary appreciated the district administration and Jal Shakti Department for the progress achieved under Jal Jeevan Mission. He asked the concerned officers to keep working with the same zeal for the successful implementation of JJM in the district so that all the households of the district are provided with functional tapped water connections.
He asked the officers to educate the public about the welfare initiatives being implemented by the government and ensure that maximum beneficiaries are covered under these schemes. He directed them to personally visit all the works of their departments and regularly review progress for expeditious completion of works, and stressed on judicious utilization of funds provided for the execution of development projects.
DDC Chairman, Advocate Chowdhary Naseem Liyaqat, DDC members and BDC Chairpersons also highlighted a number of development issues concerning their respective areas.
The public representatives highlighted a number of issues and demands including speedy implementation of JJM projects, sanctioning of additional Anganwadi centres, dilapidated condition of roads and school buildings, replacement of worn-out water pipes, construction of a building for GDC Doongi, timely completion of work on the office building of BDC Siot and related matters.
Earlier, District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, Vikas Kundal, briefed about the physical and financial progress achieved under various schemes and programs being implemented by different departments in the district through power point presentation during the meeting.
