Excelsior Correspondent
PULWAMA, Sept 28: Member Parliament (MP), Anantnag Lok Sabha Constituency, Justice (Retd.) Hasnain Masoodi today chaired the District DISHA meeting at Mini Secretariat, here to review the progress of various development and welfare based programmes and projects of the district.
District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson, Syed Bari Andrabi; Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Baseer Ul Haq Chaudhary; ADDC Pulwama, ADCs of Pulwama/Awantipora/Tral, CPO, SEs, ACD, CAO, CHO and other sectoral and district officers of line departments attended the meeting.
At the outset, DC apprised the chair about ongoing development projects of the district and implementation status and progress under CSS, State and District Capex.
He highlighted the achievements, special initiatives, best practices of the District Administration under different schemes especially under Amrit Sarovar and creation of social infrastructure particularly in the field of health, education, sports etc., which have been appreciated by the government.
The chair stressed the creation of avenues of entertainment in each block of the district in order to involve youth in sports and in career oriented paths and take them away from drugs.
The chair reviewed MGNREGA, PMAY, NRLM, NHM, Ayushman Bharat/ JK Sehat Scheme, JSY, JSSK PMGSY, SBM, IDPS, RDSS, JJM, AIBP, PMKSY, ICDS, DILRMP, ICPS, MSK, OSC-W, NFBS, Credit Linkage etc.
Department wise extensive review of Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry was also taken during the meeting.
While taking stock of department wise progress, MP stressed upon bettering the performance under these schemes especially under power transmission and distribution schemes, MGNREGA, SBM, PMAY, NRLM, JJM and ICPS.
He stressed for 100 percent source segregation of municipal waste, covering of all villages in scientific waste disposal, ensuring safe drinking water, 100 percent household water connectivity, arresting of Lumpy Skin disease in animals and need for testing/availability of diagnostic equipment and biochemistry analyzers in major health institutions.
He also sought vacant positions of health and education staff and need for reflection with higher authorities for early provision along with creation of new posts, enrolment status, drop-outs rates, status of migratory schools.
He also asked for augmenting better facilities to inmates in Children Homes, empowerment of women, downtrodden and tribals, besides emphasising upon officers for removal of bottlenecks in the implementation of schemes especially in KPDCL billing system and PMAY.
The DDC informed that work on various developmental projects is going on speedily in the district to facilitate the general public.
Masoodi asked all the officers to remain in touch with the people, pay regular visits and organize camps in all the remote and far-flung areas so that the people can avail maximum benefits of the schemes meant for the welfare of the people.