Minister for CA&PD and Tribal Affairs, Ch. Zulfkar Ali, who is also chairman of District development Kupwara, today convened an interaction meeting with MLAs, MLCs, HoDs, Civil Society members and officers and Engineers of District administration for reviewing the ongoing developmental projects and status of works in the district.District Development Commissioner Kupwara Mr. K. R. Ranjan, SSP Kupwara, Mr. Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, Additional Deputy Commissioner besides District and sectoral officers were present in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the Minister directed the District administration that while preparing the plan the local representatives be involved for formulating the plan proposals as per the requirements of the people. He impressed upon the officers and implementing agencies to promote work culture in the state which is the priority of the present government.The Minister asked the officers to work with zeal, zest and coordination for resolving the problems of the people. He directed the concerned officers to display the sign boards and complaint box at each FPS with telephone number of the higher authorities.MLA, Kupwara, Mr. Bashir Ahmad Dar and MLA Karnah, Raja Manzoor projected the demands of people of their constituencies about improvement in basic facilities to the people in respect of road connectivity, health care filling up of vacancies in Government establishments, safe drinking water, transport etc.
Earlier, the District Development Commissioner briefed the meeting about the progress achieved under District Plan, state sector and Centrally Sponsored schemes besides Tribal Sub Plan. He informed that the District Plan for the year 2015-16 has been formulated at Rs. 227 crore which was already approved by the District Development Board Kupwara during the meeting at Baramulla.