Bali chairs DDB Kishtwar review meeting

Directs for timely execution of projects, implementation of decisions; 80% targets achieved under various sectors

22/02/2017

JAMMU, Feb 17: Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat, who is also the Chairman of District Development Board (DDB), Kishtwar, today chaired the review meeting of the Board which was held in the Convention Centre here and called upon the district administration for accelerating the pace of developmental activities to achieve the remaining targets in a time bound manner, with special thrust on quality works.
Minister of State for Transport, PWD (R&B) and Revenue, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Chair person, J&K Social Welfare Advisory Board, Prof. Nirmala Gupta, Vice Chairman, Advisory Board for OBC, Rashpal Verma, Member Parlia ment, Shamsher Singh Manhas, Legislators G.M Saroori, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo, Firdous Tak, Shyam Lal Bhagat, Naresh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, G N Balwan, SSP Kishtwar, Sandeep Wazir, Heads of various departments and all District Officers attended the meeting.
While reviewing the physical and financial achievements under different sectors in the district, Bali called upon the officers and agencies to work in close coordination to accomplish the targets well within the time line. He also stressed the need for improving the monitoring mechanism to ensure quality control and judicious use of funds on assets being created. He issued specific instructions to the officers to implement all decisions /recommendations of the DDB in letter and spirit to maintain the sanctity of this high level institution.
He directed the Deputy Commissioner to personally monitor the progress of major projects and take all possible steps to address the hurdles coming in the way of completion of works. He expressed satisfaction on the achievements under various essential sectors and urged the concerned to put in their best efforts to utilize the available funds in full and accomplish the targets in time. He directed for paying special attention on the areas having low progress and putting serious efforts to realize the targets.
“The honest intentions of the government is to transform into sincere execution of developmental projects on ground so that their benefits percolate down to the needy", he stressed.
MOS Sunil Sharma highlighted the paucity of drinking water in the Kishtwar town and stressed the need for expediting the on-going project (lift scheme) for drinking water. He assured to use his good offices for early release of funds on the scheme. He also raised the issue of Mau bridge and upgradtion of Machel road and called for their speedy completion.

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