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| Officers will be judged on integrity, performance: CM | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 1: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said the officers of Jammu and Kashmir government will be solely judged on their integrity and performance in improving the public delivery mechanism in the state.
The biggest drawback in the system has been the inability of the officers to utilise the available resources fully, a trend that needs to be reversed immediately, Sayeed said hours after 63 employees were shown the door by his government.
"Being honest is commendable, but I want results and for that you will have to deliver on ground," he said while addressing the officers during the District Development Board (DDB) meetings of Srinagar and Budgam here.
Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is MLA from Beerwah in Budgam and other legislators from the two districts attended the meeting.
The Rs 120.8 crore annual plan for Srinagar district was approved and a Capital Expenditure Plan outlay of Rs 168.02 crore for Budgam district was passed in the meetings. Terming Srinagar as the crown of Kashmir Valley, the chief minister announced an additional Rs 20 crore to the proposed Capital Expenditure Plan of Rs 100.8 crore for the summer capital this year.
According top priority to rebuilding infrastructure and compensation for houses damaged in Srinagar when Jhelum savagely breached its banks in 2014, Sayeed assured that all protection measures will be taken to thwart the threat of floods.
"Desilting river Jhelum and the spill-over channels, besides strengthening of the river embankments will be expedited. But to save Srinagar city from persistent threat of floods, my government will pursue with Centre the Rs 2200 crore project for construction of alternate flood channel from Dogripora to Wullar so that the floods which we experienced last year do not come back to haunt us again," he stated.
Amidst social sector spending boost for Srinagar district, which also focuses on improvement in health sector, the chief minister announced a revolving corpus fund of Rs 1 crore for Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, for treatment of poor cancer patients.
He also asked the Health and Medical Education Department to speed up proposal for developing Kashmir Nursing Home as an independent Cancer Centre so that people who grapple with the deadly disease are provided instant medical treatment.
Keeping in view the huge rush in G B Panth Children's Hospital, Sonwar, the Chief Minister announced construction of a new paediatric hospital, in close proximity of Lal Ded Maternity Hospital.
"Till plan for additional children's hospital is conceived, the Health Department will augment manpower and install new machines at G B Panth Hospital to cater to the needs of the child patients," he said.
Welcoming the establishment of NITI Ayog which guarantees state's share in Central taxes, Sayeed said the new system of financing as per the 14th Finance Commission has assured Jammu and Kashmir of its due share in Central funds.
Placing high priority on filling up of vacancies on a fast-track basis, the chief minister said the Cabinet Sub committee recommendations have been announced.
"Under the proposed Recruitment Policy, we will make it mandatory for those selected by SSB to serve in their native districts for the first five years of their service so that some succour is provided to people living in remote and far-flung areas which struggle with inadequacies in terms of staffing," he said. |
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