KISHTWAR, NOVEMBER 26. Minister for Rural Development and Law & Justice, Abdul Haq Khan, reviewed the progress of Rural Development Department in a meeting convened here today.
Minister of State for transport, Revenue, PWD (R&B), RD & Panchayati Raj, Sunil Sharma, MLA Inderwal G M Saroori, MLC Firdous Tak, Director Rural Development, Director Rural Sanitation, CEO SLNA were also present in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the Minister exhorted upon the need for effective implementation of rural development schemes as these hold the key to socio-economic empowerment of not just a region but the state as a whole.
The Minister stressed upon the department to work in convergence with other departments for undertaking developmental activities in the district. He directed the functionaries of the department to speed up the pace of works being executed in the district with maximum utilisation of funds.
Earlier, ACD Kishtwar Garbi Rashid Dar gave a power point presentation regarding the physical and financial achievements of the department. He informed that out of 7675 allotted works, a total of 3000 works have already been taken up by the department and are under different stages of completion. An expenditure of Rs 20.11 crore has been recorded, so far, in this financial year.
The Minister also reviewed the performance of various departments in all the 13 blocks of the district. He was informed that the department has taken up construction works of Foot bridges, motorable roads, passenger sheds, water harvesting tanks, irrigation canals, panchayat ghars besides few other works of prime importance.
The Minister was also informed that a total of 64 bridges have been completed by the department in this financial year.
Khan was further informed that 7 projects have been taken up under IWMP in the district and expected to be completed soon. He was also informed that 355 self help groups are working in the district under NRLM having approximately 3453 members working for welfare of general public.
DDC Kishtwar G N Balwan, SE REW Rajesh Gupta, ADC Kishori Lal, CPO Yasir Balwan, all the BDOs, VLWs, GRS besides other offcials of the department were present in the meeting.
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