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| Governor takes stock of developmental works in Kupwara, releases additional Rs 5 Crore | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 26: Continuing his public outreach programme, the Governor N.N. Vohra visited the frontier district of Kupwara to review the pace of developmental works in the district. He held a detailed interaction with the elected representatives - MPs, MLAs and MLCs. During their interactions with the Governor, the elected representatives raised several issues of public importance. The Legislators requested Governor to issue instructions to all the field functionaries to accelerate the pace of development works so that the public at large could be benefitted.
Governor gave a patient hearing to the elected representatives and mentioned that the purpose of his visit was to obtain first-hand feedback from the ground and take all required correctives to speed up the pace of the development process on the ground.
Governor later chaired a meeting of State, Divisional and District officers in which he reviewed the progress of all development works in the district. The District Development Commissioner made a presentation in which he highlighted the progress achieved in the past year and the targets fixed for the current year.
While reviewing the status of power availability and ongoing projects in the district Governor noted that a number of projects under Centrally Sponsored Schemes had yet to commence owing to various contractual and other issues.
The meeting was informed land for Krishi Vigyan Kendras had been identified at Kupwara, Kulangan and Uripora. Governor advised the District Agriculture Officer and the representative of SKUAST, Srinagar to undertake meaningful extension activities and ensure that the University and the Agriculture Department expeditiously set up nurseries so that senile Walnut and other plantations are replaced. DDC also explained the activities undertaken under the Border Area Development Programme, Tribal Sub Plan and the Skill Development Centres for Shawl Weaving.
In his concluding remarks the Governor directed all the Divisional and District officers to work systematically and ensure that all developmental works are completed within the available time and without any financial overrun. He also ordered the Commissioner Planning Department to release an additional Rs.5.00 crore to the DDC including Rs.1.00 crore to be used by DDC as an untied grant, for accelerating and completing the ongoing works. He directed DDC to urgently monitor the progress of all ongoing works and send monthly progress reports to the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department. |
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