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ET REPORTER
Jammu, July 18: After a snub from the Members of the Planning Commission of India on snail placed rehabilitation work, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today pulled up his officers to restore the public utilities in earthquake hit areas of north Kashmir.
A visiting member of the Planning Commission of India, Syeda Sayedain Hameed had last month snubbed the government on poor infrastructure rebuilding measures in earthquake hit areas of North Kashmir. Even though the government had immediately rebuffed the allegations with a detailed statement the next day but a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Srinagar this morning reflected that the work was really not apace as desired.
Therefore, Azad directed the administrative secretaries of health, education, PHE and R&B to visit, along with respective heads of departments, the worst affected areas of Uri, Tangdhar and Poonch later this week and make on the spot assessment and prioritize schemes for early permanent restoration. He told the officers to utilize in full the money provided by the central government for the purpose during the current financial year with no spillover. He said fortunately the weather conditions in all the three areas were better than the main Valley, allowing a longer working season. He issued instructions to fully restore the 2 MW power house in Karnah by November.
According to an official spokesman, as part of his reconstruction offensive in Jammu & Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today reviewed plan for restoration of public utilities and infrastructure damaged during the devastating earthquake of October 2005 and asked senior officers to prioritize schemes for permanent restoration within a fortnight.
Chief Minister called a high level meeting this morning to take stock of the restoration of damaged facilities and plan utilization of funds provided by the central government to undo damages caused by the quake to the infrastructure. He asked for prioritization of schemes within a fortnight and starting permanent restoration work from August 1st.
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