Early Times Report
DODA, Aug 4: Continuing his public outreach programme, Governor N N Vohra visited Doda today to make a first-hand appraisal of the pace of developmental works in this hilly district.
The Governor was accompanied by B B Vyas, Advisor to Governor and Sanjeev Verma, Divisional Commissioner Jammu. Immediately after arriving here, the Governor had discussions with the Legislators of the area, including GM Saroori, Shakti Raj Parihar, Daleep Singh Parihar, Neelam Kumar Langeh, Firdoos Ahmed Tak, Naresh Gupta and Sham Lal Bhagat.
The Governor sought detailed feedback from the Legislators regarding the developmental issues of the district, particularly those relating to Roads, Health, Education, Power and PHE sectors. The Legislators raised a number of problems relating to their respective Constituencies and called for speedy execution for the completion of long lingering projects and pending works in the district, in the larger public interest. After his discussions with the Legislators, the Governor chaired a meeting of the provincial heads of all the major Departments and district/sectoral officers to take stock of the implementation of the ongoing developmental works.
Deputy Commissioner Doda, Dr Simrandeep Singh, gave a detailed presentation on the progress of various development works in the district. DDC Doda informed the meeting that besides completion of 47 schemes under PMGSY, some other key projects accomplished in the district include District Hospital Doda, Sub-District Hospital Bhaderwah, Outdoor Sports Stadium Doda and Ganpat Bridge. "These projects have been already put to the public use," he said. Addressing the officers, the Governor called for co-ordinated collective efforts at every level to get the State back on course. He asked the officers to lead from the front in reaching out to the people. Governor said that pace of development works should be expedited and the officers should regularly conduct field visits to personally keep track of the progress of works.
Governor ordered release of Rs 4 crore to be put at the disposal of DDC Doda for execution of unfinished works within the set timeframe. He ordered that another Rs 1 crore also be kept at the disposal of DDC as untied grant for developmental purposes.
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