Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 1: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Ali Mohammad Sagar has asked the officers to speed up the work on Panchayat Ghars so that they are completed within the shortest possible time thus augmenting the infrastructural assets of Panchayati Raj System.
The Minister was addressing officers during a review meeting convened to discuss the status of completion of Panachayat Ghars undertaken by the Rural Development Department.
Secretary Rural Development, Shafaat Noor Barlas, Director Rural Development Kashmir, Altaf Ahmed, Special Secretary Rural Development, Nisar Ahmed, Joint Director Planning, Mr. Azmat, ACDs, XEns and other officers of the Rural Development Department were also present in the meeting.
Mr. Sagar directed the officers to complete the left over Panchayat Ghars by September end so that they can be inaugurated and the respective Panchayats can carry on their routine work. He said that the funds have been placed at the disposal of the department and different wings should work in close coordination and in synergy to remove bottlenecks if any, and ensure early completion of these infrastructural assets.
Mr. Sagar asked the officers to ensure that these Panchayat Ghars are completed as early as possible so that the necessary infrastructural augmentation of the Panchayati Raj System is done and day to day working of Panchayats takes place without any hitch. He said that these would also serve as focal point in the panchayats wherein the Panchayati Raj representatives can carry out their working and also interact with the people of respective panchayats.
While referring to the Government’s initiative of empowering the PRIs in the State, the Minister said that the Government has ensured adequate empowerment of Panchayats by empowering them with the powers of 14 vital departments. He said that the Panchayati Raj representatives are also being involved in the implementation and formulation of various welfare programmes initiated by the Government.
The meeting was told that out of the 664 Panchayats Ghars taken for completion 218 have been completed in all respects and the work is apace on the remaining ones. It was also given out that an amount of Rs. 79.60 crore has been released for the completion of 1129 new Panchayat Ghars being constructed in the Kashmir division.
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