Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, June 27: Member Parliament, Jammu-Poonch Constituency, Jugal Kishore Sharma today chaired a meeting of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee – DISHA to review the physical and financial achievements under the centrally sponsored schemes being implemented in the District Poonch.
District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson , Tazim Akhter and DDC Vice Chairperson, Ashfaq Ahmed were also present in the meeting.
At the outset, the Member Parliament reviewed and discussed the Action Taken Report on the decisions taken in the last meeting.
Deputy Commissioner, Inder Jeet gave a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the achievements and progress under different schemes and the status of the developmental projects being executed in the district by different agencies.
While giving details of the progress achieved under Jal Jeevan Mission, the Deputy Commissioner informed that as many as 128 retrofitting schemes costing Rs 479.88 Crore have been approved and tendered by the department and about 19436 households across 11 blocks of the district shall be covered this year.
The MP sought details of steps taken to tackle water shortage in Poonch Town and directed SE Hydraulics to explore the possibility of construction of a filtration plant andLift Scheme from Poonch River to provide clean drinking water to Poonch Township. He directed XEN JAL Shakti to sort out the issue raised by Member DISHA Committee Murti Sharma regarding the non-availability of water to some households near Kanuiyan Temple.
Regarding the PMGSY scheme, it was said that out of 171 sanctioned projects, the work on 143 stands completed and the rest are at different phases of execution.
While reviewing the measures being taken to ensure the uninterrupted power supply in the District, the MP directed the XEN JPDCL for early completion of pending works under B2V3.
Further, reviewing the working of PWD (R&B) department, he directed to complete the pending work of bridges sanctioned at Mendhar and Mandi. He also issued strict instructions to complete the EKLAVYA Model School and blacktopping of Betar Nalla bridge in two days.
With regard to the District Youth Services and Sports Department, he directed the concerned to organise sports tournaments under Sansad Khel Spardha to involve maximum youth.
Responding to the issue raised by DDC Chairperson regarding availability of Public Toilet Complex in Poonch town, instructions were issued to EO Municipality to make toilets functional in main markets and other important locations.
The Member Parliament, while responding to the demand of DDC Vice Chairperson for construction of the Tunnel between Poonch and Mendhar, assured to take up the demand with concerned authority.
He also reviewed the achievements of various schemes implemented by the PWD, PDD, Jal Shakti Department, Agriculture, Horticulture, Education, Social Welfare, Labor Department and Urban development department.
The meeting was also attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Basharat Hussain, Assistant Commissioner Development, Abid Hussain Shah, CEO Tourism, Dr. Mohd. Tanveer, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamim Bhatti, Chief Planning Officer, Madan Lal, Chief Agriculture Officer, Rakesh Kumar, Chief Horticulture Officer, SE Hydraulic, J.P Singh, DIO NIC, Narinder Singh, OC GREF, Vinod Dutta, and others.
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