The second General Council meeting for current fiscal year was today held here at conference Hall DC office complex Mini Secretariat under the Chairpersonship of the Chairperson, District Development Council, Kishtwar Pooja Thakur wherein the Block Development Council chairpersons and District Development Council members took part.
Besides, CEO District Development Council/Additional District Development Commissioner, Kishtwar Sham Lal,Joint Director Planning Mohammad Iqbal; ACP Zakir Hussain Wani; ACD Atul Dutt Sharma; DPO Sunil Bhutyal besides other Key officers of line Departments also remained present.
At the outset, the Chairperson, District Development Council took feedback on the action taken on the issues raised by General Council members in the previous council meetings, and various other developmental issues were also discussed in the meeting.
The CEO District Development Council (ADDC) apprised the council about the progress made with regard to the action taken on the issues raised in the previous meeting.He also informed the meeting that the majority of the grievances and issues have been redressed and the work on the rest of the grievances is under progress.
The DDC, chairperson, stressed all the officers to work in a collective and collaborative manner with the members of District Development Council to redress the grievances of people effectively.The CEO District Development Council also briefed the meeting about the Area Development Plan (ADP) in detail.
The estimation and tendering has already been completed and the progress of works are in full swing, the meeting was informed.Besides ExecutiveEngineer, JJM also informed about the progress in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the district.
Chairperson, DDC Kishtwar called for effective implementation of JJM in the District and public participation in the formulation of Water Supply schemes in the district.Later, BDCs and DDCs raised the issues and grievances of their respective areas. They demanded up-gradation of infrastructure in Health, Education, road connectivity and Rural Development sectors.
ADDC/ CEO, General Council Kishtwar assured them that their issues have been recorded and relevant action will be taken to resolve/redress them by taking the concerned officers on board.
Later, the DCC chairperson directed all the District and sectoral officers and executing agencies in particular to expedite the pace of works to achieve the set targets.