Ministers for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary reviewed the pace of ongoing developmental works under various sectors in a meeting convened here today .MLA Haveli Shah Mohd. Tantray , MLA Surnkote Ch. Mohd Akram, MLA Mendhar Javid Ahmed Rana, MLC YashPal Sharma , DDC Mohmmad Harun Malik, SSP J.S Johar, Superintendent engineers, Executive Engineers of PHE,PDD and R&B besides all othe district officers were present in the meeting .The DDC gave an overview of physical and financial achievements of various departments including that of PHE, Irrigation and Flood control .While reviewing the functioning of PHE Department it was apprised that under District Plan 57 numbers of schemes are in operation ( Under LIC,NABARD, and LOM) and funds to the tune of Rs 165.02 lakhs have been spent till date . In major Sector NRDWP five schemes are likely to be completed by the end of this year on which 248.27 lakhs have been spent. Under irrigation sector it was informed that 119 khul works were taken up out of which 72 khuls were made fully functional and 25 partially functional .
Minister took a detailed review of the developmental projects taken up in the districts and also the bottlenecks faced by the departments for achieving desirable results .The concerned legislators also apprised the Minister of various developmental needs in their areas and laid special focus on the funds for damaged projects during floods .Mr Choudhary directed the concerned departments to work in tandem to provide better amenities to the people and asked them to ensure time bound completion of the ongoing projects .He also asked the PHE department to provide people with adequate supply of clean drinking water and to press water tankers in service in the areas facing water crisis.The Minister stressed upon the field functionaries to perform their duties with dedication to ensure proper services to the people . Minister also took the stock of arrangements made by the district administration for the safety of the people living on LOC The minister directed the administration to make special team of health and veterinary departments to provide immediate relief to the injured.Various deputations of daily wage workers , Need based workers, ITI diploma holders, cp workers of department also called on the minister who gave them a patient hearing and said that government is cautious about their problems and is working on a policy to address their genuine issues sympathetically.