Maiden General meeting of Rajouri DDC Council held

Rajouri: The first general meeting of the District Development Council Rajouri was today held under the chairmanship of the DDC Chairman, Naseem Liyaqat Chowdhury. Vice-Chairman DDC, Shabir Khan was also present in the meeting.

Block Development Chairperson and DDC Members from across the district, besides officers of line departments also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, the Chief Executive Officer DDC Council, Chander Kant Bhagat gave a detailed account of the physical and financial progress on various developmental works being executed by different departments in the district. He also briefed the chair about several welfare schemes and programmes being implemented in the district for the welfare of the general public.

Several issues about different blocks including inadequate water supply, macadamization and renovation of roads, up-gradation of schools, better health services, sanctioning of additional border bunkers, delayed payments under MGNREGA, shortage of electricity poles, repairing the old hand pumps, replacement of the old worn-out water pipes and related issues were discussed threadbare during the meeting.

The DDC Chairman enjoined upon all the BDC Chairpersons, DDC Members and officers to make endeavours to ensure prompt execution of works and holistic development of the district. He asked them to work with utmost dedication in taking the district forward on a developmental front.

The Chairman also directed the officers to put in place extra efforts to provide the public with the best possible relief by ensuring all the basic amenities to them.

The Chairman asked to maintain close interdepartmental coordination for well planned execution of works.