Listens to
people’s issues at Rajouri
RAJOURI JUNE 01: The Minister for
Education, Hajj and Auqaf and Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar
Ali today said that the government will conduct a
detailed and comprehensive audit to get an insight into
infrastructure and manpower requirements in the government educational
institutes .
He said based on
inputs of audit reports a policy will be formulated to fill the infrastructural
gaps and maintain healthy teacher student ratio. He said efforts will be made
to meet bare minimum infrastructure for all schools including building, water
electricity supply and equipment for modern education.
The Minister was
speaking at a public meeting convened to have first hand
appraisal of public issues and demands and review follow up on directions
issued in previous public meetings.
A number of
issues confronting the public ranging from up-gradation of roads, payment of
wages under MGNREGA and 14th FC, water scarcity, strengthening of power supply
system, completion of buildings of health and educational institutions to
up-gradation of schools and health centres, payment of land acquisition cases,
provision of hand pumps in drought hit areas and water tanker services to
various habitations among others were raised in the meeting.
The Minister said
that many new initiatives are underway to transform the education
sector. He said newly sanctioned colleges,
school up-gradation , Eklavya model schools for each district and
university campuses in border and hilly district are going to further
revolutionize the education scenario in the state. He
said transfers, rationalisation of staff and matters related
to recruitment of contractual staff at district level will be entrusted to
Deputy Commissioners and controlling officers of education department will be
spared for monitoring of education deliverance in the schools.
He said the
transfers would be rationalized so that everyone in teaching staff
get posting in urban as well as rural areas.
Meanwhile, the
Minister gave on spot directions to concerned officers for resolving
issues raised by the public. He impressed upon the officers to adhere to
timelines in execution of developmental projects while ensuring maximum
utilisation of available resources. The Minister asked the DDC to formulate a
comprehensive drought management plan in consultation with concerned agencies
to address the water woes of the public. He instructed for night inspection of
pumping stations to ensure drinking water is provided to the public.
About non-payment
of wages under MGNREGA, the Minister was informed that Rs 10 Cr have
been released against a spill over liability of 76 Cr.
The Minister
directed the DDC to resolve the issue of non-payments of work done under
various schemes of rural development.
Later, the
Minister also reviewed progress on upcoming development projects in
Darhal Constituency including Patli Qila Ecopark, Koteranka amusement park, Ans
Irrigation Canal, Rajouri-Koteranka-Khawas road, ITI Koteranka etc. He directed
the concerned to expedite the pace of work to achieve time bound completion of
the projects.
On the side lines
of the meeting, a deputation of J&K RET Federation called upon the Minister
and sought to resolve the issue of salaries under SSA. The Minister
assured the deputation that government is working on a policy to address their
genuine grievances.
Present on the
occasion were DDC Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, DSEJ R K Srangal, ADC Koteranka
Shafiq Ahmad, SSP Yougal Manhas, Special Officer Auqaf Islamia Raj
Mohammad, CEO Tourism Dr Tahir Firdous, ACD Akhtar Hussain Qazi, SE PHE, I
& FC Rafiq Khan, SE PWD Majid Khan, ExEns Mushtaq Raina, Munshi Khan and
Zubair Ahmad and officers from district and subdivisional administration
Koteranka.
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