SDM organizes awareness meet on Amnesty Scheme

SDM Chowki Choura, Virender Gupta chairing a meeting on Amnesty Scheme.
SDM Chowki Choura, Virender Gupta chairing a meeting on Amnesty Scheme.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 3: Pursuing the flagship of Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, a brief meeting about the Amnesty Scheme was chaired by Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Chowki Choura, Virender Gupta. The meeting was attended by the Block Development Officer, Rashu Sharma; AEE, PDD, Akhnoor, Shanker Singh Manhas; AEO (Agriculture); Tehsil Supply Officer, Chowki Choura along with Sarpanches/PRI Members of all 11 Panchayats of Chowki Choura Sub Division.
AEE PDD Chowki Choura highlighted the salient features of Amnesty Scheme and talked in detail about total waiver of interest component on Domestic Electricity Bills.
All Sarpanches present in the meeting were asked to persuade power consumers in their respective Panchayats, who have turned PDD defaulter, to avail facility of the Scheme and pay their electricity bills.
Manhas emphasized the positive features of the Scheme.
The SDM asked AEE PDD to immediately share the Panchayatwise list of persons having turned defaulters and expected Block Development Officer to distribute its hard-copy to the respective Sarpanches.
The Tehsil Supply Officer present in the meeting was also directed to motivate such defaulters to avail benefit of Amnesty Scheme failing which ration quota for the forthcoming month shall be stopped.
The SDM directed to take stringent action against the defaulters if they fail to pay the pending electricity bills.
He asked to all the Sarpanches/PRI members that in coming month they shall be delivered 100 Spawn Bags of Button Mushroom (on subsidized rates) for distribution amongst farmers of their respective Panchayats.