Jalandhar
Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Thursday asked the officers/ officials to ensure that ongoing projects of developing 55 model playgrounds, 55 model ponds, and repair or construction of walls in 128 schools complete within timelines so that the people of the district were benefited from it.
Chairing a meeting at the District Administrative Complex along with Additional Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal, the Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori reviewed the ongoing all works started under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MG-NREGA) and convergence.
He said that in Jalandhar, 128 works including repair and construction of boundary walls cost Rs 2. 79 crores have been approved under the MG-NREGA scheme and 50 works have already been started. Besides, he added that 60 model playgrounds have also been approved at the cost of Rs 2.43 crore, and work on 34 sites have been started.
Similarly, the project of 55 model ponds is also underway and construction has also begun on 33 sites at the cost of 4.29 crore. He said that these ponds would ensure recharge of depleting groundwater tables and using treated water for the irrigation purposes through the eco-friendly method.The officers said that tenders have already been floated for the remaining works and these will start within next week.
The Deputy Commissioner also asked the officers/ officials to accord top priority to the works of public welfare so that benefits of the pro-people and development-oriented policies of the state government were percolated to the people at the grass root level.
He said that for this the officers/ officials should dedicatedly work to make sure that the underprivileged and weaker stratum of society avails the benefits of state government’s policies.
Batting for optimum utilization of funds under the government schemes, he said that it would ensure that money was spent in the right direction.
Prominent amongst others present on the occasion included Additional Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal, SDMs Rahul Sindhu, Gautam Jain, Dr. Jai Inder Singh, Vineet Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, and besides several heads of department.
