Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr Raghav Langer today chaired a meeting to review the development scenario of Poonch and inspected development works on historic Mughal road as he concluded the two day visit to the frontier district.The meeting was attended by District Development Commissioner, Inder jeet; ADDC Abdul Sattar; ADC Dr. Bashrat Hussain; Superintendent Engineers of different departments and district officers of Health, Education, Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Development, PWD, JPDCL, Jal Shakti, Labour and employment, Social Welfare and other departments.At the outset, the DDC gave a description on the district profile and highlighted the physical and financial progress achieved under different schemes. He informed about the status of ongoing works under district/ UT Capex plan and central schemes including MG-NREGA, 14th FC and welfare schemes being implemented by different departments in the district.Reviewing the Health sector, the Div Com directed the concerned officers to expedite the process of registration of beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat, PM-JAY SEHAT scheme. He instructed the officers to open registration facilitation counters at government hospitals for expediting the registration process. He also directed the Chief Medical officer to hold regular meetings with village level entrepreneurs (VLEs) in order to achieve desirable results.The Div Com also reviewed progress achieved under DDC, BDC &PRIs Grants, MGNREGA and other RDD works being executed in the district. He took strong notice of slow tendering, allotment and execution of works under the schemes. He called for immediate corrective measures by plugging all loopholes to improve the utilisation of funds and timely completion of works. He directed the Additional District development commissioner to fix the responsibility of concerned officers for the delay and set a timeline for utilisation of BDCs, DDCs & PRIs grants.The Div Com also expressed his concerns over delay in the registration of contractors for panchayat level works and directed the SE PWD to set his schedule for Poonch district and expedite the process of registration of contractors for early execution of works at village level. He also reviewed the implementation of flagship housing scheme PMAY (Rural/ Urban) and directed the concerned to project proposals of left out eligible beneficiaries under PMAY (G).
