Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Abdul Haq today told the Legislative Assembly that funds provided under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) are being utilized for creating vital assets to facilitate the socio-economic development of the people living in the border areas.Replying to a Question by Er Abdul Rashid, the Minister said the funds are mainly spent on allied works under Agriculture, Power, Rural Development, Youth Services & Sports, Forest, R&B, Health, Education, and CAPD. He also furnished the details of works undertaken under BADP in the border areas falling in Karnah, Kupwara, Handwara and Gurez constituencies during the financial years 2014-15 and 2015-16. He said the works are taken up as per the guidelines and available resources.Awaiting formal sanction from GoI for establishing Medical College Doda: BaliMinister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat today informed the Legislative Assembly that the formal sanction and grant-in-aid for establishment of new medical college in Doda is awaited from the Government of India and work on the project will start as and when the same is received.In reply to a Question by Mr Shakti Raj Parihar, the Minister said the process of fulfilling formalities for establishment of Medical College Doda on the part of State Government has already begun. The revenue papers duly mutated in favor of the Health & Medical Education Department for the land measuring 160 kanals at village Arnora Ghat in Doda for establishing the College have already been submitted to the Government of India asking it to convey the formal approval.
Regarding the operationalizing the newly sanctioned GNM School at Doda, the Minister said that under Centrally Sponsored Scheme, a GNM School has been sanctioned by the Government of India for the Doda district to strengthen the nursing services for which funds to the tune of Rs 3.37 crore have been released to the executing agency.As regards establishment of Nursing College in the district, the Minister said that presently there is no such proposal before the Government.On the issue of creation of staff for Trauma Hospital Khellani and New Type PHCs in Doda constituency, the Minister said some posts for the NTPHCs have been referred to the recruiting agencies, besides a proposal for creation of posts for Accidental Hospital Khellani is under the consideration of the government.