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‘Ensure smooth water supply in Ramadan month’
SRINAGAR, MAY 09: Minister for Public Health
Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Choudhary, today
stressed on time-bound completion of all ongoing developmental projects. He
also directed the concerned to provide better facilities to the people in the
forthcoming holy month of Ramadan.
The Minister gave these directions while chairing a
meeting of PHE and I&FC officers here convened to review the physical and
financial status of various ongoing projects under execution in Kashmir
Division.
Chief Engineer PHE Kashmir, Chief Engineer Irrigation
and Flood Control, Superintending Engineers of all districts of Kashmir
Division were present on the occasion.
The Minister directed the officers to provide
uninterrupted water and other requisite facilities to the people in the holy
month of Ramadan so that the people do not face inconvenience. He
also asked them to gear up their men and machinery and ensure punctuality in
the field.
Taking stock of the status of the ongoing
developmental works in the Valley, the Minister instructed the officers
to speed up work on all ongoing projects being executed under different schemes
of the department.
The
meeting was informed that of 357 schemes worth Rs 1124.15 crore undertaken in
PHE sector in Kashmir Valley, 52 schemes involving an amount of Rs 654.14 crore
have been completed and commissioned.
Under
NBARD, the department has taken up 28 schemes with a cumulative cost of Rs
61.08 crore out of which Rs 29.31 crore stands incurred.
Taking note of the dearth of staff mostly Executive Engineers, AEEs and
JEs in district Kupwara, the Minister assured that the adequate staff will be
posted shortly in the rural and remote areas for carrying out the activities of
the PHE and I& FC Departments smoothly.
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