Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today asked the Administrative secretaries to push for the completion of all the ongoing developmental projects in the State and asked them to personally monitor the execution pace and remove bottlenecks expeditiously.Chairing a meeting of the Administrative secretaries here, after opening of offices in the winter capital, the Chief Minister asked them to redouble their efforts in chasing the targets and meeting the deadlines in view of the fact that much of the summer season got wasted particularly in Kashmir Valley due to recent turmoil.The Chief Minister expressed concern over the fact that many projects get stuck due to petty issues like land acquisition, compensation or any other issues and also due to litigation. She directed the Secretaries to remove these bottlenecks without wasting time so that the benefits of these projects and schemes percolate down to people for whom these are meant. She also asked the Secretaries to expedite the formulation of DPRs for the projects to be taken up under Prime Minister’s Development Programme and ensure their timely submission with the concerned agencies.
The Chief Minister complimented many of the Departments like Health, PDD, PHE, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs etc for rendering their services to people despite trying circumstances during past four months adding that the challenge lies ahead in covering up the lost time in completing the development works which unfortunately got stuck. She directed the secretaries to follow the developmental works in Kashmir Valley during winter months and also ensure smooth delivery of services by their respective Departments and hold regular reviews on spot. She also directed the concerned Departments to clear pending liabilities of various works already undertaken.In view of the coming winter, the Chief Minister sought details of stocking of essential supplies at far flung areas of the State like Ladakh, Marwah and Wadwan. She was informed that stock and supply position in these areas is by and large satisfactory. She directed the Power Secretary to ensure as minimum curtailment of electricity in Kashmir Valley in view of the coming winter as possible. She also directed augmentation of heating systems in the hospitals as well.
On the implementation of Public Services Guarantee Act in the state, the Chief Minister advised adoption of a transparent file tracking mechanism to avoid inordinate delays and ensure speedy disposals. She also asked the officers to be responsive to public grievances and try to mitigate the same to maximum extent possible. She also reviewed the status of biometric attendance in offices and generation of Aadhar cards and directed the IT Secretary to fill in the gaps in the enrolment process. She asked the Secretaries to ensure that the employees and their families are enrolled under Aadhar. She specifically asked the Education Secretary to complete the Aadhar enrolment in schools as many of the welfare schemes for students have now been linked to Aadhar.
The Chief Minister was informed that so far 94 lakh people have been enrolled under Aadhar out of which 84 lakh cards have been issued so far. In case of the remaining, the enrolment process is on, the Chief Minister was informed.
Mehbooba Mufti asked the Chief Secretary to work out a plan for construction of individual bunkers and community bunkers for the people of the border areas who usually become targets of cross border shelling. She also directed expediting project report formulation for solid waste management at Jammu and Srinagar.The Chief Minister also touched upon a host of issues like welfare of and facilities being extended to move employees, status of upcoming AIIMS, reports of alleged harassment of members of Gujjar community, traffic arrangements in Jammu city, drug de addiction etc. and directed the administration to take prompt and appropriate steps where ever required.Earlier, the Chief Secretary, Mr. B. R. Sharma apprised the Chief Minister about the activities of various Departments and the new initiatives being taken to make the administration much more responsive. Financial Commissioner, Agriculture Production, Mr Pramod Jain, Financial Commissioner, Planning & Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, Commissioner-Secretaries and Secretaries were present in the meeting.