POONCH, JULY 12: Secretary PHE,
Irrigation and Flood Control Farooq Ahmad Shah today made an extensive tour of
Poonch to take stock of the various facilities being provided to public
including drinking water and irrigation facilities.
Secretary called
an emergency meeting of all concerned Chief Engineers and other officers and
directed them to conduct regular public durbars to address to the grievances of
the general public and ensure the regular water supply to all the areas.
During the
meeting, Secretary stressed upon all the officers to expedite the completion of
all the schemes so that these schemes can be utilized for general public.
Secretary was informed that the work on 23 Centrally Sponsored Water Supply
schemes is underway in Poonch with an expenditure of about Rs 31 crores. The
first phase of these schemes shall be completed within two months. 21
thousand people of these areas shall be benefitted by these schemes.
It was given out
that a total of 9 Central Sponsored Water Supply Schemes with an expenditure of
Rs 10 crores shall be completed in Rajouri district till December this year
which shall benefit 38 thousand people in the area.
Shah also
reviewed the steps being taken for irrigation and flood control. He was
informed that a total of 35 irrigation schemes with an expenditure of Rs 42
crores have been taken up in Poonch, Rajouri and Nowshera among which 12 have
been completed while 18 shall be completed till December this year. By the
completion of these schemes an area of more than 3200 hectares shall be
irrigated.
Earlier, on his way to Poonch via Mughal Road, Secretary also visited
Pulwama and Shopian Districts along with the concerned District Development
Commissioners and took stock of the flood control works being executed on
Rambiara Nallah at Panjran, Achan and Gularhama and directed the concerned
officers to accelerate the work.
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