Speaker, Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta today chaired a meeting of officers of Jammu Municipal Corporation and reviewed the performance of the civic body. The Speaker assessed the progress of various development works being executed by JMC in Gandhi Nagar constituency and took status report from the officers regarding the directions issued from time to time for taking-up the new works and the works in hand.He directed the officials for close monitoring of development projects to ensure timeline completion accruing the benefits to the public at the earliest.The Speaker directed the officers of JMC to strictly adhere to the quality norms and ensure proper utilization of resources for optimum outcome.Taking strong note of delay in completion of works, the Speaker asked the senior functionaries of JMC to prepare a list of officials and contractors who are responsible for pendency of work on irrelevant pretext and directed for action against them under norms.For beautification of the constituency, the Speaker directed the officials to submit cost estimation for installation of entrance gate at various locations. He also directed the concerned start the work for installation of streetlights and entrance gate to develop Apsara Road Market as Heritage Bazaar.
The Speaker directed the health officers for regular fogging and also appealed to the general public to take all the precautionary measures to prevent threat of Dengue. He asked the concerned officials to spread awareness among the masses regarding the precautions against the fatal disease.The Speaker also reviewed the ward wise progress report and directed for preparing area specific project proposals for ensuring development of potential areas.To ensure prompt service delivery, the Speaker exhorted upon the officials to reach out to the people and take all the requisite measures for redressal of their grievances. He asked the officials to submit the requirement of any additional staff, if needed to carry forward the development work.The Speaker directed for creation of bio-composed shed at Trikuta Nagar. He also directed the officials to identify the areas for Rehri zones at different locations.The Speaker appreciated the work done by the department in recent times and asked them to keep up the good work for the betterment of the public at large.Various issues including installation of more dust bins, sanitation and construction of passenger sheds were also discussed in the meeting.The meeting was attended by Joint Commissioner Administration Rajesh Sharma, Joint Commissioner Works, Kushal Chand, besides XENs, AEEs & JEEs of JMC.