DODA: District Development Commissioner Doda Shyam Vinod Meena on Thursday reviewed achievements under Core and Multi –Sector Plans and Schemes here at a meeting of line departments.
The DC reviewed the implementation, financial and physical achievements under various schemes of Education, Horticulture, Agriculture, Floriculture, Sheep and Animal Husbandry, Youth Services and Sports, Rural Development, Handicraft and Handloom, Health, PHE and R&B.
Taking stock of Education Department schemes, threadbare deliberations were held about the schools upgraded under RMSA, SSA and other schemes. The issues concerning the Education Department were highlighted by CEO Doda in a power point presentation particularly construction of school buildings.
He said that the main problems faced by the department are escalation of estimated cost due to expenditure on head load carriage, delay in donation of land for the construction of schools and land levelling by the concerned agencies where the same has been made available . It was also informed by the CEO Doda that a proposal for the construction of model schools was in the pipeline which will help in raising the education standards in the district.
Stressing on the need for having accurate cultivable land statics, the DC asked the officials of Agriculture Department to update the area plan showing the areas under agriculture cultivation and other allied activities. The DDC asked the Agriculture Department to work in coordination with Horticulture Department, Irrigation Department and District Statistics and Evaluation Officer while preparing the new area plan.
The DDC asked the Animal and Sheep Husbandry to take steps to prevent high mortality rate of live stock in the district, particularly during winters.
He asked the concerned to prepare a detailed report about the reasons for this mortality rate and also suggest possible steps which could be taken to overcome this problem.
While reviewing the performance of various Rural Development Schemes including MGNREGA, IAY, NBA and IHHL, the DDC suggested to form a committee which will assess the cases of IAY beneficiaries at Block Level with members from Revenue Department, Police and Rural Development Department.
The status of the construction of the Panchayat Ghars was also reviewed.
Assistant Commissioner Revenue Doda S.C Dogra; Assistant Commissioner Development Doda Dhananter Singh, Chief Planning officer Doda Y.S Katoch; XEn PHE, PDD, PWD, RGGVY, PMGSY among others District and Sector officers attended the meeting.
