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| Asks officers to ensure effective implementation of welfare schemes |
REASI, DECEMBER 16: Minister of State for Transport
(Independent charge), Revenue, Public Works (Roads & Buildings), Rural
Development & Panchayati Raj, Agriculture Production, YSS, Sunil
Sharma today exhorted upon the officers to ensure effective implementation of
welfare and development schemes to facilitate the people lead a comfortable and
dignified life.
“The
government is working under a well knit strategy to bring a planned and
holistic development in the state with emphasis on unattended and unreachable
parts”, the Minister
maintained.
The Minister, while speaking at a
public grievances redressal camp at Panasa Thakrakote , said that concerted
efforts are being made to provide better road connectivity, clean drinking
water, uninterrupted power supply and improved educational and health care
system to the people. He said the initiatives of direct benefit transfer,
digital India, GST, geo tagging are some of the major steps towards ensuring
transparency and accountability in the system at all levels.
The Minister said that both Central
and state Governments are keen to work for the development of poor and marginalised
sections of the society through new programmes and policies envisaging their
socio-economic emancipation.
ADDC Ramesh Chander, ACR Harbans Lal,
ACD M.Y. Malik, Tehsildar Chand Singh, ARTO Shami Sharma, Chief Agriculture
Officer, Chief Horticulture Officer, Executive Engineers and other officers of
district administration were present on the ocassion.
Divulging on implementation of PMAY,
the Minister said that uncovered BPL families would be surveyed for providing
them benefits.
The Minister also announced JKRTC bus
service from Jammu to Panasa saying that efforts would be made to start buses
on other routes to facilitate the commuters of the area. He also announced
playground at Panasa worth Rs.10 lakh on which the work will be taken up under
convergence mode besides announcing Rs.20 lakh for construction of Dak bunglow
at Panasa.
The Minister asked the concerned for
preparing DPRs for Dharan road.
During the camp, the locals raised
several issues which inter alia include staff shortage in schools and
hospitals, upgradation of Rud bridge to Panasa road, construction of road to
Thakrakote and Gundali, proper functioning of Anganwadi centers, release of
MGNREGA payments, development of Gundali devsthan, updation of revenue records,
proper survey of BPL families, grid station, proper survey under PMAY, new Sai
Lanjan-Dharan road etc.
Sunil Sharma assured the public of
early redressal of their issues and directed the officers to take speedy action
on the same. He also addressed many of the grievances put forth by the public
on the spot while directing the officers for redressal of remaining issues at
the earliest.
Meanwhile, the locals also demanded
opening of tehsil office at Panasa presently camping at Reasi and proper
alignment of Dhakikote road sanctioned under CRF for remotest areas.
Senior political leaders including
Kuldeep Raj Dubey, Sardar Pardeep Singh, Raman Kumar, Joginder Singh were also
present on the occasion.
