STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Minister for Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR), Javaid Mustafa Mir on Thursday took a detailed review of the functioning of World Bank aided, Jhelum & Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP).
The meeting was attended by Commissioner/Secretary Industries and Commerce, Shailender Kumar, Commissioner/Secretary, DMRRR, Shafiq Ahmed Raina, Commissioner/Secretary PW(R&B) Sanjeev Verma, Chief Executive Officer, JTFRP, Vinod Sharma, Development Commissioner (Works) Abdul Hamid Sheikh, Managing Director, JKPCC, Nayeem Ahmed, Director Finance JTFRP Mohammed Yusuf Pandit, Director, Disaster Management Aamir Ali, Director PnC, Iftikhar Hakim, Director Technical PMU, Mohib-ul-Hassan Mirza, Technical Officer Sajad Ahmed Wani and other officers from R&B, JKPCC, SDRF and Housing Department.
The Minister, while taking a detailed review of the functioning of the JTFRP, said that disaster management is government’s top most priority. He reviewed the bottlenecks being faced by the Project Management Unit (PMU) and Project Implementation Units (PIU) and directed all the implementing agencies to speed-up the work so that implementation starts on the ground. He stressed on all officers of PMU and PIU to ensure proper coordination and take decisions expeditiously to ensure that benefits reach the deserving. He asked that any unresolved issue be put-up to his office so it is sorted out at the earliest.
