Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Nov 3: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary reviewed the pace of ongoing developmental works under various sectors in a meeting convened here today.
MLA Haveli Shah Mohd. Tantray, MLA Surankote Ch. Mohd Akram, MLA Mendhar Javid Ahmed Rana, MLC Yash Pal Sharma , DDC Mohmmad Harun Malik, SSP J.S Johar, Superintendent Engineers, Executive Engineers of PHE, PDD and R&B besides all other district officers were present in the meeting.
The DDC gave an overview of physical and financial achievements of various departments including that of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control.
Minister took a detailed review of the developmental projects taken up in the district and also the bottlenecks faced by the departments for achieving desirable result.
The concerned legislators also apprised the Minister of various developmental needs in their areas and laid special focus on the funds for damaged projects during floods.
Choudhary directed the concerned departments to work in tandem to provide better amenities to the people and asked them to ensure time bound completion of the ongoing projects. He also asked the PHE Department to provide people with adequate supply of clean drinking water and press water tankers in the areas facing water crisis.
The Minister stressed upon the field functionaries to perform their duties with dedication to ensure proper services to the people.
Minister also took the stock of arrangements made by the district administration for the safety of the people living on LoC. The Minister directed the administration to depute special teams of health and veterinary departments to provide immediate relief to the injured.
Various deputations of daily wage workers, need based workers, ITI diploma holders, CP workers of department also called on the Minister who gave them a patient hearing and said that Government is aware of their problems and is working on a policy to address their genuine issues sympathetically.