Jammu, Oct 01: Secretary, Rural Development department & Panchayati Raj, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, chaired a meeting to review the physical and financial progress under UT-CAPEX, Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment, SNA-Sparsh and Swachh Bharat Mission.
The meeting was attended by DG Rural Sanitation, Anu Malhotra; Mission Director NRLM, Shubhra Sharma; Director Panchayati Raj, Sham Lal; Director RDD Kashmir, Shabir Hussain Bhat; Director RDD Jammu, Shahnaz Akhtar; Director Finance, Umar Khan; Joint Director Planning, Kamal Kumar Sharma; Additional Secretary, Waseem Raja, besides all ACDs, ACPs, Executive Engineers, and BDOs of various districts.
While reviewing SASCI, it was revealed that loan assistance of Rs 21.10 crores has been sanctioned for RDD projects. The Secretary highlighted Finance Department directives mandating utilisation of 75% of sanctioned assistance by December and surrender of non-viable projects for reallocation.
Departments, he said, must demonstrate capacity to incur at least Rs 2 crore expenditure within the financial year, failing which funds may be withdrawn.
Speaking on FSTPs, Asad underlined that as Deputy Commissioners are the Chairpersons of Sanitation Committees, any issues related to execution should be resolved through their direct intervention.
He called for awareness programmes to sensitise the public about the significance of these projects and the role they play in ensuring cleanliness and sanitation in rural areas.
The Secretary stressed the timely completion of DEWATs and instructed that restoration of assets damaged during the recent floods must also be included in the planning process.
He issued strict directions to ACPs that any delay in the timely completion of these projects would invite disciplinary action.
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