ANANTNAG, AUGUST 09 Chairing a meeting to review the functioning of the Rural Development Department here at Dak Bungalow, Khanabal, Anantnag the District Development Commissioner, Mohammad Younis Malik today called upon all the officers of the department to ensure that the benefits under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are availed by all the gram panchayats of the district.
The DDC reviewed the block-wise performance of the department focusing on the total number of works undertaken, nature of the works, man-days generated and the physical and financial completion of the works.
The DPO, Anantnag informed the DDC that Rs. Rs.42.33 crores against the total liability of Rs.88 crores under MGNREGA has been cleared upto the end of July 2018.
The DDC called upon all the BDOs to ensure that work plans are prepared in advance so that the demand for employment provision is sustained. By this, the crowding of the work execution towards the fag end of the financial year shall also be curtailed down.
He directed the BDOs to undertake field inspection of the works and also interact with the gram panchayats about their requirements so that tangible assets are created. Besides, he prevailed upon them to start new works prioritizing those haqlas where less works has been taken up so far.
Meanwhile, the Exen RDD was directed to develop a prototype design of the works so that project estimation is done in the shortest possible time. Besides, the BDOs have to ensure that field functionaries work with due diligence, transparency and efficiency.
The meeting was attended by CPO, Anantnag, DPO, BDOs of all blocks and others Rural Development Officers.
