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SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday chaired a review meeting of Srinagar District and Srinagar Municipal Corporation, at SKICC.
During the meeting, the Lt Governor reviewed various developmental works besides implementation and progress of the schemes being executed by District administration and Municipal Corporation.
Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz and SMC Commissioner, Athar Amir Khan gave a detailed briefing to the chair on the status of various projects and schemes and other initiatives of District Administration and SMC, respectively.
Observing that Srinagar city is visited by people from across the country and abroad, the Lt Governor stressed upon the need for holistic development of the city and public amenities. He said the focus should not be limited to enhancing the aesthetics but making the infrastructure more user friendly and utilitarian.
The Lt Governor advised officials for making efforts to turn Srinagar Municipal Corporation into a sustainable entity and ensuring that the public service delivery processes are smooth and institutionalized across the city. “There is a need to start a campaign for revenue generation to further expand and enhance the quality of public services being delivered by SMC”, he said.
Commissioner, SMC also apprised the chair about the status of progress achieved in the projects being executed under Srinagar Smart City Ltd.
Earlier, the Lt Governor e-inaugurated 18 development projects worth Rs 65.15 cr of District Srinagar and laid foundation stone of Animal Birth Control and Anti Rabies Vaccination Centre, Chattarhama.
The Lt Governor also sought the details of disbursement of benefits to eligible beneficiaries under different public welfare and Social Security schemes by the concerned departments. He issued explicit directions to officials for saturating the coverage under welfare schemes. He further instructed the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar for conducting extensive IEC activities for coverage of left out beneficiaries.
Reviewing the status of different schemes of the Agriculture sector, the Lt Governor instructed the concerned officials to ensure the benefits of all the UT and central government schemes reach the eligible beneficiaries.
The Lt Governor also took stock of the status of daily milk production and processing being done in Srinagar, besides the efforts made by the concerned department towards tackling the Lumpy Skin disease in cattle. It was informed that only 38 cases have been reported in 18 days and vaccination of the cattle is going on with alacrity.
