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| Govt to rely on geo-tagging for monitoring of development works in Jammu Kashmir | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 14: For transparency, accountability and monitoring of works, Jammu and Kashmir administration has directed departments’ for geo-tagging of developmental projects in the new Union Territory.
This follows after Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu took a serious note on non-accountability in implementation of developmental projects while some projects are languishing for years for want of funding.
As per the official documents, Principal Secretary Finance Department Arun Kumar Mehta has directed departments to ensure geo-tagging of all the projects being implemented by the Jammu and Kashmir infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC) with the help of technological intervention in the J&K infrastructure Monitoring System (JKIMS) portal. “With a view to ensure effective real-time monitoring of the projects being implemented by the JKIDFC, a geo-tagging facility has been created in the JKIMS portal,” the documents quoted Mehta as having directed to departments.
The nodal officers as per the documents have to take photographs either online or offline mode through the JKIMS portal The photographs which will generate date stamp and location shall only be entertained with the invoices being generated by the nodal officers.
“All the nodal officers shall have to make certain that no invoices are generated without ensuring that the photographs taken either in online mode or offline mode are uploaded on the JKIMS portal with date stamp and automatically generated location stamp,” the document reads.
As per the directives, the departments implementing languishing projects shall not forward the invoices without ensuring that the photographs are uploaded in the manner prescribed to get real-time picture of the work done at the time of generating the invoices.
For the last over a year, JKIDFC has approved around 5000 projects for funding which were languishing for years. An official of Finance Department said Lieutenant Governor has issued directives that all developmental works shall be properly monitored.
“Government has already initiated a probe into developmental works that were started without administrative approval,” the official said. Similarly, departments have also been told to seek prior approval from the Finance and Planning Department before starting any development works.
Another order of Finance Department said, “Every authority designated with the powers of procuring goods and hiring services in public interest has the responsibility and accountability. There has to be economy, efficiency, fairness, transparency, quality and amount of money while purchasing goods.” |
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