Urges for creation of durable, sustainable assets
ANANTNAG: District Development Commissioner Anantnag Mr. Muneer-ul-Islam urged upon all the concerned officers and agencies to work for creation of durable and sustainable assets under MGNREGA convergence plan keeping in view the guaranteed employment generation as the main motive.
District Development Commissioner was chairing an officers meeting convened to review the progress of MGNREGA convergence plan here today. Officers from R&B, Horticulture, Agriculture, Planning, Education, PHE, I&FC, Development and other departments were present on the occasion.
DDC deliberated upon various aspects of MGNREGA convergence plan and urged upon the line departments to ensure engagement of laborers registered with the department. He informed that 16 asset creation activities have been approved under this scheme during current fiscal. He urged for inter-departmental co-ordination so that the asset creation and sustainable livelihood is ensured.
It was given out that Rs.53 cr. have been approved as labor budget for 2015-16 for the district. A target of Rs 20 crore has been fixed for the current financial year for Anantnag district in addition to already fixed target under Rural Development sector.
District Development Commissioner instructed concerned departments especially PHE, R&B, RDD, I&FC, Horticulture, Forests, Animal husbandry and Education to work for creation of durable assets in close co-ordination with each other. He said that mainly soil & water conservation, afforestation, land reclamation, land leveling, vermin-composting, fish pond establishment, school play grounds and cattle sheds can be prioritized under MGNREGA convergence programme. He also emphasized on the need that separate budget component can be kept in I&FC sector for supporting 40% material component of MGNREGA which can include mesh-wire and other concrete construction related items.
District Development Commissioner instructed ACD to convene the BLCC meetings within 15 days so that the projects can be finalized at an earliest and execution of works is done within a set time frame.
Besides others the meeting was attended by ADDC, Joint Director (Planning), ACD, XEN’s of R&B, PHE, I&FC, PMGSY, CEO,CMO and BDO’s.
