DDC Bandipora reviews Capex Budget for current financial year

Bandipora: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad Monday reviewed the progress of works under District Capex Budget in Education, Health and R&B Department with an aim to expedite the pace of work.

The meeting discussed threadbare the execution of works and the status of works besides discussing various bottlenecks that hinder the progress of works.

The DC directed the concerned to expedite the pace of works to ensure cent percent utilization of funds released by March this year and also directed to achieve the physical target in toto.

It was given out that 25 works under R&B , six works of the Education Department and six works of the Health Department are being executed at an aggregate cost of Rs 85 crores including work on an auditorium at NM Higher Secondary Kaloosa and four sub-centres.

The DC directed to expedite works to complete the target and urged the officers to work in convergence mode with the Rural Development Department for consolidation of funds so that jobs created under MGNREGA are utilized in ongoing developmental works.

Dr Owais directed Tehsildar Bandipora to settle the realignment dispute of Turkpora road and also asked CMO to depute a team of JKMSL to procure machinery loaded on Capex before March.

Joint Director Planning Imtiyaz Ahmad, Chief Education Officer Javid Iqbal, Executive Engineers of R&B Sumbal, Bandipora and Gurez were present on the occasion.