Avoid cost escalation of ongoing projects: Nanda
Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, July 7: Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Leh Gyal P Wangyal today held a meeting with the Secretary Rural Development Department, Sheetal Nanda and demanded early filling up of various technical posts such as BDOs, Assistant Engineers, JEs, Section Officers and other technical staff in the department.
Executive Councilor Stanzin Phuntsog, Mumtaz Hussain, Konchok Stanzin and Deputy Commissioner/ CEO, LAHDC, Leh Avny Lavasa and Director RDD Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar also present in the meeting.
Gyal Wangyal said that Leh is a very vast and scattered district and its developmental works are hugely suffering in absence of key technical officials with the RDD and the short working season in Ladakh adds further hindrance in the way of development. He sought the intervention of Secretary, RDD in posting of technical hands on all those vacant posts in the Department on top priority.
Sheetal Nanda gave assurance for posting of BDOs for Leh shortly and also assured to look into for filling up of other vacant posts which are crucial for Leh district to carry out the developmental works smoothly.
The meeting also discussed various issues related to State and Centrally sponsored schemes going on in Leh and the need for added funding flow for early completion of important nature of pending and ongoing projects under various schemes.
Later, Nanda took stock of various issues and work status at a marathon meeting in Leh.
The DC/Chief Executive Officer, LAHDC, Leh Avny Lavasa, Director RDD, Kashmir Qazi Sarwar, Under Secretary, RDD, Rakesh Badiyal and all concerned officers and officials attended the meeting.
Nanda reviewed several ongoing centrally sponsored schemes in the region, including, MGNREGA, PMAY-G, Swachh Bharat Mission and 14th Finance Commission and took a detail overview of physical and financial progress, status of implementation, uploading of data on Rurban soft, release of convergence funds, creation of economic activities in the cluster, status of incomplete works, status of timely payment of wages, position of billing of works executed, status of Geo tagging on different phases, status of action plan of Financial Year 2019-20 and status of submission of Utilization Certificates to obtain 2nd instalment of funds etc.
She sought a plan proposal of Rs 1.00 crore under Rural Connectivity scheme which shall be spent for connecting those villages or hamlets which are not so far linked with main road. She urged the officers to strictly verify the bank accounts of job card holders and ensure that the benefits are reached to the actual beneficiaries.
Taking serious note on spending extra money on toilets without approving the revised estimate, Secretary RDD cautioned Engineering Wing to avoid cost escalation on all type of projects. Seeing delay in completion of some projects, she asked DC Leh to set deadline for completion of these works.
Nanda desired to upload the completed works with photographs on departmental website saying that such monitoring mechanism will ensure timely completion of works in a more transparent way. She further urged to carry out all the GoI schemes as per the guidelines and said that prompt progress of work and timely submission of UCs are essential to receive further funds. Moreover, Sheetal Nanda issued instruction to the engineering wings to devise estimation of projects mentioning the previous works in an incremental way so that it should indicate the actual status of projects.
Later, the Secretary RDD also took a meeting with the implementing officers, BDOs, GRS, MPWs and VLWs about timely payment of wages.
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