STATE TIMES NEWS
REASI : Minister for CAPD and Tribal Affairs Choudhary Zulfkar Ali on Saturday said that the government is committed to maintain transparency in development activities and provide services to the people in a time bound manner.
“Our priority is to eradicate corruption in developmental activities and provide accountable and transparent administration with a mechanism to fix responsibility in case of lapses in extending services in a time-bound manner,” Zulfkar said while addressing a public grievances redressal camp at Reasi.
Zulfkar said that provision for basic amenities to all, particularly those living in far flung and hilly areas, is the priority of the government, adding that a massive development plan has been formulated to meet the aspirations of the people.
On the occasion, locals put forth various demands such as up gradation of PHCs, placement of adequate staff in new hospital building, opening of new ration depots, up-gradation of Gujjar hostels, opening of mobile schools for nomads, Degree college for Pouni, opening of new higher secondary schools especially for
girls etc.
Responding to the demands, Zulfkar said all the genuine problems will be resolved on priority, he also directed AD CAPD to open extension counters for ration distribution through internal arrangement at Jasserkote and Devigarh, so that inhabitants of these far-flung areas could get ration at their door steps.
Later, the minister chaired a meeting of district officers to review the progress under District Plan and Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the district.
MLA Reasi Ajay Nanda, MLA Gulabgarh Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, MLC Surinder Choudhary, MLC Jugal Kishore Sharma, Deputy Commissioner Reasi-Sushma Chauhan, ,Joint Director Legal Metrology, Deputy Controller Legal Metrology Jammu, besides other senior officers were present in the meeting.
