A meeting of district development coordination and monitoring committee was held on Saturday here.
Besides local MP RK Jena, district Collector Pramod Das, DRDA PD Uday Narayan Das, the MlAs of Sadar, Jaleswar , Simulia and Nilgiri, the ZP president and the line department officials were present.
In the beginning, MP Jena said the newly constituted district development coordination and monitoring committee has replaced the earlier district level vigilance and monitoring committee.
While there were 12 departments under the vigilance and monitoring committee, the new one has 28 departments under it and he explained the aims and objectives of the newly formed committee. This system decentralized the power with the Centre and the State and extends to the district and panchayats.
The Central Government has made a budgetary provision of around Rs 2 lakh core which would be spent by the States under various development and welfare schemes.
Discussions were made on the progress of several schemes, including PMGSY, National Social Assistance Scheme, Awas Yojna, SBM, PM National Rural Drinking Water Programme, PM Krishi Sichai Yojna , Dindayal Gramin Electrification, Digital India, Amrut, PM Bima Yojna, SSA and NRHM. MP Jena after finding absence of several Government level officials urged the Collector to direct all concerned to attend the meeting next time . He said that the meeting should be extended for two days instead of for a day. And on the very next day, there should be field visit for assessment of the progress.
He further said that besides Kalika gram panchayat (GP) of Jaleswar, the Srijang GP of Remuna block has been included under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna. These villages under the scheme would have concrete roads, drinking water, electricity, drains, toilets, besides broad band facilities. Above all, schools in these villages would have toilets, Jena informed.