DC stops salary of RDD staff for dismal performance

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Aug 29: The Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri, Nazir Ahmed Sheikh today ordered to stop the salary of the entire Rural Development Department (RDD) for dismal performance in all the blocks of Rajouri district.
Official sources said that District Administration had given the target to the ACD, Rajouri and all the Block Development Officers to meet the given target under Prime Minister Awas Yojna (PMAY). The officers and their staff failed to meet the target by August 28. Taking serious note of the slackness on the part of RDD staff, the DC with held the salary for entire RDD staff in the districts from August 2020 on wards.
DC Rajouri, Nazir Sheikh when contacted said that 39,331 houses are to be constructed for BPL families in district Rajouri during current financial year. The RDD officers in 19 blocks of the district was given the target of registration of BPL families by August 28, 2020. This work has to be completed in five stages. Registration is the first stage. They have miserably failed to even do registration work. For their dismal performance, their salary including that of ACD/ DPO, has been stopped till further orders, the DC said.
The sources further added that each BPL family is provided Rs 1.48 lakh by the RDD under PMAY (G), In first installment Rs 50,000 is given and then after completion of Plinth work second installment of Rs 50,000 is more provided through GRS. Afer this, another installment of Rs 30,000 is given to the family. Besides this, 100 days job work amount is also given to the family under the scheme. There is also provision of providing power and water connections under the Scheme but general public is not aware of it and moreover, RDD staff do not generally share this aspect with the poor beneficieries for the reason best known to them.

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