Peerzada Sayeed
The District Development Commissioner Kupwara; Ayushi Sudan, who is also Chairperson of District Jal Jeevan Mission Committee Tuesday convened a meeting at DC office complex Kupwara to review the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Kupwara district.
On the occasion, Deputy Commisioner took detailed review of tendering, work allotment, execution and timely completion of JJM schemes.
The DC received feedback from the concerned engineers regarding measures taken for timely completion of JJM Schemes.
District Superintending Engineer, Er. Mohammad Saleem Malik while briefing the chair about the progress of different schemes of the JJM through a detailed powerpoint presentation (PPT) said that 107 schemes under JJM with project cost of 615.14 crores are ongoing in the district for current financial year.
It was told in the meeting that a total of 265 works have been tenderd in the district and 161 works have been alloted and 11 works have been completed and 72 non-responsive works have been retendered.
Regarding the coverage of households, the meeting was informed that out of total 1,56456 households, 1,20,000 households have been covered under ( FHTC) functional household tap connection, while the rest of households are targeted to be covered.
While reviewing the progress of execution and completion of Dug wells the Deputy Commissioner gave a timeline of one month to concerned engineers to complete all the dug wells in the district.
The Deputy Commissioner instructed the engineers of JJM to increase the pipeline availability so that pipeline requirement in the district suffices and people doesn’t face any inconvenience.
DC Kupwara directed ADC Handwara to get all the issues resolved which creep up while laying the pipeline network in Handwara and Tarathpora areas.
DC directed concerned Tehsildars to play their active role in resolving the obstructions and impediments coming in the way of execution of PHE schemes in the district.
DC appreciated the positive role being played by line departments including Forest, R&B, Irrigation & flood control, PMGSY and Revenue in execution of JJM schemes in the district.
Deputy Commissioner stressed on gearing up all resources to speed up the progress on execution of all the works and their timely completion.
DC directed Line departments to strictly ensure the restoration of a particular road patches within shortest possible time where roads get damaged while laying the pipelines.
The Deputy Commissioner directed all the engineers and concerned officers to work in coordination and complete Synergy and ensure smooth execution of JJM schemes in the district.
JD Planning, EXen PHE Kupwara, EXen PHE Handwara, EXen PMGSY, EXen Irrigation & Flood control, CMO Kupwara, DIO Kupwara; AEEs and other concerned were present in the meeting.
