Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh convened a meeting to review the status of ongoing developmental works of Housing and Urban Development Department and power sector here today. Minister of State for Finance and Planning Ajay Nanda, Deputy Commissioner Ravinder Kumar, SSP Tahir Bhat, Director H&UDD Arun Kumar Sharma, ACR Abdul Satar, SDM Katra Neelam Khajuria and senior officers of various departments were present in the meeting.Taking a threadbare review of the ongoing works and functioning of the department the Dy CM instructed the concerned to expedite the process for shifting of reharies from Bus Stand and take other measures in time bound manner for expansion of bus stand besides resolving parking problem. On the issue of construction of toilet complex by Sulabh at Katra, Dy CM stressed upon the officers to strictly adhere to the work chart and follow fixed time lineTo improve basic facilities in the Reasi town, the Minister sanctioned toilet complex near Zanana Park which would provide better facilities to people. He said all such public utilities would play pivotal role in ensuring proper sanitation of the towns.
While laying focus on the officers for speedy construction of Solid waste management plant at Katra, Dr. Singh asked them to float tender immediately for early start of the work. He also asked them to vigorously follow up land and other related issues with revenue department to remove the bottlenecks.On awareness of schemes being implemented by the department Dy. CM asked the concerned to work at grass root level so that maximum involvement of people including women is ensured in the schemes. Meanwhile, the Dy. Chief Minister was also apprised on the camps and other awareness programmes organized in the urban areas for disseminating information. He instructed the officers to involve local legislatures and civil society members for vigorous implementation of the development schemes. “Fix targets, make road map and follow them strictly in mission mode”, Dr. Singh said.For unregistered reharies in the towns, the DyCM emphasized upon the Municipality Reasi and Katra to demarcate special zones and ensure early registration of these vendors so as to provide them proper places to carry out their business activities and avoid decongestion in the town.
The Deputy Chief Minister stressed upon the officers to ensure full implementation of PSGA and ensure effective and prompt service delivery mechanism.Later, Dy CM also sought details regarding of damages to power infrastructure due to thunder storm in Pouni, Reasi, Arnas, Mahore, Gulabgarh, Bomag, Chassana and other areas and asked the concerned to restore power supply in these areas on war footing. He further reviewed the power scenario in the district and emphasized on the officers of PDD, revenue and police to initiate joint actions against power theft and illegal power connections.The Deputy Chief Minister appreciated district administration for making Reasi block ODF and stressed on achieving the target for whole district.Ajay Nanda highlighted the issue of augmentation of transformers, JCB for municipality and several other development projects important for making Reasi and Katra clean and green.Meanwhile DDC also proposed construction of lanes and drains, in various areas, bib sized tipper, sucker machine, TATA Ace (Auto) in the Reasi town which would further improve the public facilities in town.