Excelsior Correspondent
SHOPIAN, June 13: District Development Commi-ssioner Shopian Mohammad Aijaz today stressed upon rationalization of power supply so that it could be ensured that all areas of the district get equal distribution of power.
He said chairing introductory meeting with district and sectoral officers at Mini Secretariat Shopian. He impressed upon the officers to commit themselves for the fast-track development of the district especially in the sectors of power, health, public health engineering, road connectivity and education.
Earlier, the DDC was briefly apprised about the functioning, major achievements and the issues of different departments by the concerned officers. It was given in the meeting that 1144 power transformers are available and 16 hours of power supply is being provided in the district. The DDC impressed upon the Executive Engineer PDD to rationalize the distribution of power and ensure that all areas of the district get equal power supply. He added that damaged transformers should be timely repaired in order to maintain a sufficient buffer stock in the district.
While reviewing the schemes of Public Health Engineering Department Mohammad Aijaz said since the turbidity of water in Shopian is quite high as compared to other districts of Kashmir division, therefore it is of utmost importance to timely clean the filtration plants. He set a deadline of 30 days for PHE Department to clean all the filtration plants afresh so that clean drinking water could be provided to the public. Further, taking strict note of the delay in construction of district hospital buildings, he asked the DGM JKPCC to complete the remaining work within 5 months and handover it as there is acute shortage of space in the hospital.
The issue of cost escalation of important projects was discussed in the meeting and it was decided that revised DPRs should be submitted in the office of DDC at an earliest so that it can be projected for World Bank funding. The DDC assured that sufficient funds would be made available and no project would be allowed to die down due to dearth of funds.
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