Excelsior Correspondent
PULWAMA, Oct 15: Minister for (R&B) and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri today chaired a meeting of District Development Board, Pulwama to review the progress of various developmental projects and programmes in the district.
Minister of Finance, Culture and Labour and Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu, Minister of State for Forests, Ecology & Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Zahoor Ahmed Mir and MLA Tral, Mushtaq Ahmed Shah were also present in the meeting.
The Minister took appraisal of all the ongoing works and implementation of various decisions taken in the previous meeting. He expressed satisfaction over the pace of progress of works and called upon the concerned officers to put in their best efforts to achieve the targets well in time and implement all the decision of the Board in letter and spirit for the overall benefit of the public.
It was decided in the meeting that CT Scan and Digital X-ray machines will be operated under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in hospitals of Pulwama in view of the great rush of patients. The meeting also discussed the issue of manpower in health institutions and stressed the need for overcoming the shortage by rationalizing the staff to ensure efficient functioning of healthcare system, especially in the PHCs.
The meeting was informed that land has been identified and tender process has started for the construction of two indoor stadiums at Bajwani Tral and Rajpora at an estimated cost of Rs 4.00 crore approved by the GoI under PM’s Special Package. The meeting was also apprised about the status of road projects like Circular road, Pulwama-Lassipora road, Tral Dadsara road.
It was also given to understand that modalities are being finalized for setting up of mega packaging, grading and marketing center at Rajpora constituency. For the maximum benefits of the apple growers, Veeri directed the officers to create grass root awareness about crop insurance scheme so that the growers avail full benefits of the scheme.
The meeting also gave its nod for construction of mega projects of residential accommodation for district officers, construction of Revenue Complex; Industrial Complex and Engineering Complex and directed the concerned to take up the works after completing all the necessary formalities and complete them in a time schedule.
The meeting was also attended by Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama, Muneer ul-Islam, Director School Education, Shah Faisal, Director Tourism, Mehmood Ahmed Shah, Director Local Bodies, Tufail Matoo, Director, FCS&CA, Tasaduq Jeelani, Director Health Services, Kashmir, Saleem-ur-Rehman, Chief Engineers, R&B, PMGSY and other heads of departments.
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