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| Officer who failed SBM Garmin gets state award | | NEPOTISM | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 28: An officer who could not implement Solid Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) under Swach Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) in state during his tenure as Director Rural Sanitation has been conferred "State Award" few days ago by the Government. The officer who is posted as Director Rural Sanitation has done no exemplary work in the state during his last 3 years of service but people are unable to understand what has been his contribution for which he has been rewarded by the Government.
Mohammad Nazir Sheikh presently posted as Director Panchayati Raj J&K Government was conferred State Award for meritorious public service on the eve of republic day. Reliable sources have told Early Times that the said officer has not at all done such a work that would have enabled him to get this award. During his tenure as Director Rural Sanitation, the said officer even failed to prepare Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Solid & Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) that would help make villages look clean and green. SLWM is a component under SBM Gramin and that has not at all been taken up from last 4 years by the Government. From last 5 to 6 months there has been some development after Nazir was replaced by another Director.
While Nazir Sheikh was Director Rural Sanitation (DRS) J&K Government for almost 2 years he was not able to tap a huge amount of Rs 650 crores for the SLWM work. As reported already 5 years have passed since SBM was launched throughout the country including J&K , but the focus of J&K Government has been on construction of lavatories with the result another component of solid liquid waste management (SLWM) suffered a big jolt and state was not able to get a grant of more than 650 crores meant for rural waste management.
Under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) construction of Individual House Hold Lavatories (IHHL) one of the components of this scheme . Govt provides financial assistance of Rs 12,000 to the families who don't have a sanitary lavatory. In J&K many families who already have a lavatory, submit the photos of the same before the BDO office in connivance with officials from the same office and get the money under IHHL. This was already reported by Early Times in several of its reports published during last 2 years.
Solid Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) is an essential component under SBM Grameen which is yet to be implemented in J&K inspite of a lapse of 5 years. Sources say that present Director Rural Sanitation is trying to revamp the dead organization which failed to undertake the task of rural waste management during last 5 years . It was only after 4 ½ years that Directorate of Rural Sanitation has now invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for empanelling of technical organizations for its Rural waste management programme including the newly launched Gobar Dhan scheme.
Each Gram Panchayat under SBM Gramin's Solid Liquid Waste Management (SLW) gets Rs 7 to 21 lakhs as one time grant from Govt of India Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation. The grant allocation depends on the population of village. A village with a population of 150 households gets Rs 7 lakhs. For a village with 500 households or more an amount of Rs 21 lakhs is provided in the ratio of 90:10 . 90% of the grant money is central share and 10 % state share. The funds have to be utilized to create solid & liquid waste management facilities. Small villages could create a single cluster by pooling all the money at one place. To tap this money , state Government had to prepare Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) by involving technical organizations / consultants as envisaged in SBM Gramin guidelines.
"One is unable to understand who has recommended Mohammad Nazir Sheikh for the state award? He was the person who had to implement rural waste management programme, but he failed to do so during his tenure as Director Rural Sanitation. The officer has not even basic knowledge of waste management and didn't even bother to learn this art and managed his transfer to get another plum posting as Director Rural Development Kashmir with the ashirwad of Ab Haq Khan PDP Minister. Again his contribution was not satisfactory and finally in Governors rule he was posted in an un-important department and now he has been awarded . On the other hand meritorious and hardworking IAS / KAS officers are not even considered for such awards. We appeal Chief Secretary to probe this issue " said an officer (name withheld) in Rural Development Department civil secretariat. |
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