Failing to become reality

19/04/2018

Making mockery of an important institution, several Government departments have failed to translate into reality many decisions taken by the District Development Board of Jammu in the presence of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Deputy Chief Minister DrNirmal Singh about one year back. This has clearly established that repeated instructions from the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department about constant monitoring of progress on such decisions by the concerned authorities have fallen on deaf ears. During the District Development Board meeting of Jammu held on March 10, 2017, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had ordered immediate release of Rs 15 crore to take sewerage project of Jammu city forward by linking septic tanks with the underground pipes. It was assured by the authorities of Housing and Urban Development Department that sewerage project will be completed by ending 2017-18 financial year. The Chief Minister had also directed for conservation and face lifting of historic Raghunath Mandir and adjoining areas, which form a major attraction for tourists. However, no major work has been carried out in the area during the past one year except installation of music system inside the historic temple by the Tourism Department.
However, work on the historic complex is still going on at a snail's pace. Moreover, alternate agency has not been roped in so far despite the fact that this is an important step to give necessary impetus to the ongoing work and even parking slot in the vicinity of Mubarak Mandi complex has not been made operational till date which otherwise was also one of the directions passed by the Chief Minister while chairing DDB meeting. After getting feed-back from the officers of the Health Department about ongoing works on 200 bedded Maternity Hospital at Gandhi Nagar, Sub-District Hospitals at Jourian, Bishnah, Akhnoor and Khour besides Ayurvedic College at Akhnoor, the Chief Minister had asked for completion of these projects during the 2017-18 financial year so as to provide much needed facilities to the people. These are the enough examples of non-serious approach of the concerned authorities towards the decisions and assurances made in the District Development Board meeting and it is a matter of serious concern that repeated instructions from the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department regarding strict adherence to the DDB decisions have fallen on the deaf ears.

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