SAMBA, MAY 19: Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma chaired the quarterly meeting of
District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) here today .
The
meeting was attended by Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash
Ganga, Member Parliament, Shamsher Singh Manhas, MLA Samba, Dr Devinder Kumar
Manyal, MLA Hiranagar, Kuldeep Raj , DDC Sheetal Nanda ,ADDC Vivek Sharma, SSP
Anil Magotra, District Level Officers and nominated members of DDCMC. The
members reviewed the physical and financial progress achieved by Rural
Development, IWMP, Health, Education, PWD, PMGSY, PHE and other departments
under various schemes.
Jugal Kishore directed ACD Samba to focus on proper identification of
beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana( PMAY) and implementing the
scheme in a transparent manner by displaying list of proposed beneficiaries at
panchayats and inviting objections. He also stressed on clearing the
pending liabilities under MGNREGA.
He asked Executive Engineer, PMGSY to ensure that the roads under ‘free
maintenance’ are regularly repaired by contractors without fail and stressed on
Purmandal-Punjowa road which needs urgent restoration.
Jugal Kishore asked concerned officers to undertake regular field visits
and involve stakeholders while framing any plan for its successful
implementation. He appreciated the efforts of district administration in
effective implementation of schemes in different sectors and said that better
coordination between executing agencies may reduce the project spill over
costs.
Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga called for
taking strong steps for reforming the education sector in the district. He
directed CEO Samba to undertake rationalization of staff so that adequate
faculty is ensured in remote schools of the district. He expressed satisfaction
with implementation of MUDRA scheme which has seen 226% year on year increase
and disbursement of 92.56 crores till March 2017. He asked officials from NHIA
to fast track process of building ‘Foot over bridge’ at Chichi
Mata and Flyovers at Samba, Vijaypur and Bari Brahmana.
Shamsher Singh Manhas asked RDD to prepare a sustainable plan for pond
renovation under 14th FC which can be taken up in phases.
He also directed CMO Samba to prepare DPR for up gradation of District Hospital
Samba having all requisite labs and equipments.
MLA Samba and Hiranagar also raised various development issues of their
constituencies.