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| Sham takes marathon review of PHE schemes in Baramulla, Kupwara districts | | 'Legislators laud initiative of Govt. for addressing people's problems at their doorsteps' | | early times report
BARAMULLA, May 24: Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma reviewed the financial and physical status of various on-going schemes under PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control sector in Baramulla and Kupwara districts at a daylong marathon meeting held here today.
Legislators of twin districts including, Molvi Ifikhar Hussain Ansari, Abdul Haq Khan, Javed Dar, Syed Basharat Bukhari, Mohammad Ashraf Ganai, Er. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, G.N. Monga, Muzaffar Parray, Rafiq Shah, Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, G.A. Khawaza, Chief Engineer, PHE, A.M. Lanker, Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control, Javed Jaffer, SEs, XEns and other officers from both the district were present on the occasion.
Complete appraisal of overall drinking water scenario and various on-going schemes was taken in the meeting. All the legislators put forth their view points on the water scenario and irrigational schemes in their areas and suggested several remedial measures to plug the gaps. They demanded up-gradation of existing infrastructure to improve the drinking water supplies and expeditious completion of on-going schemes. They also called for taking new schemes in the uncovered areas under NRDWP scheme.
Expressing satisfaction over the progress of various schemes in twin districts, the Minister directed the engineers to double their efforts to complete the on-going projects in a time bound manner. He shared the concern of the legislators about the slow pace of some schemes under district sector and Centrally sponsored schemes due to lack of funds, the Minister assured to provide requisite funds for their expeditious completion. He also assured to cover maximum uncovered habitations for potable drinking water facilities in their areas in a phased manner and according to the budget allocations.
The Minister urged the legislators to fix their priorities for covering new habitations during the current fiscal and handover the proposals to the concerned PHE Divisions/Sub-Divisions. He assured equal treatment to all areas for providing the drinking water facilities irrespective of any political consideration. He said drinking water is the prime need of every human being and all out efforts will be made to provide this facility to all areas.
The Minister directed the engineers to undertake study of all major water resources to assess their sustainability so that new projects are prepared accordingly. He also directed the Executive Engineers, AEEs to enhance their field visits and strengthening the monitoring mechanism for achieving better results. He directed them to ensure active involvement of PRIs while framing new schemes and regulating water supplies. He also stressed the need to improve work culture at the grass root level and addressing the problems of people on priority.
The meeting was informed that as many as 118 water supply schemes at an estimated cost of Rs. 227.46 crore are under execution in Baramulla district under NRDWP. An amount of Rs. 24.46 crore has been incurred on these schemes during the previous fiscal against total availability of Rs. 29.50 crore. Out of these, 21 schemes have been completed till ending March, 2013 and rest are at different stages of completion.
Similarly, in district Kupwara there are 235 schemes under execution under NRDWP at an estimated cost of Rs. 194.54 crore. An amount of Rs. 108.42 crore as a cumulative expenditure stands incurred on these schemes till ending March, 2013. Out of these, 43 schemes have been completed till date and rest are at different stages.
The legislators appreciated the gesture and conveyed their gratitude to the Minister for undertaking special review of schemes at the district headquarters. They lauded the precedence and said that the effort will go a long way in mitigating the problems of the people expeditiously. They hoped that the issues raised and areas identified for immediate attention during the meeting will receive the appropriate attention of the authorities.
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