Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister and Dehradun district in-charge Minister Yashpal Arya presided over a meeting of district plan 2015-16 at Manthan auditorium on Rajpur Road and directed the district officers to draft effective work plan. He stressed on the Government-sponsored schemes to be effectively executed for the welfare of the common people.
However, apprehending hue and cry being raised over approval of schemes by the members during district plan committee meeting, the Dehradun district officer has kept the media at bay, presumably to be spared embarrassing questions. In the district plan committee meeting, Rs69.64 crore of outlay plan was unanimously approved by the members for the year 2015-16 against the approved outlay of Rs74.61 crore for the year 2014-15.
The minister Arya directed the district officers to prepare work plan on approved funds, while stressing the schemes be implemented effectively on the ground. The district officers were directed to maintain transparency while executing the Government welfare schemes in the district. The officers should ensure that intended beneficiaries derive benefit under the welfare schemes in the district.
Among those present on the occasion were Cabinet Ministers Preetam Singh and Dinesh Aggarwal, Doiwala MlA Hira Singh Bisht, Rajpur Road MlA Rajkumar, Sahaspur MlA Sahdev Singh Pundir, district panchayat chairperson Chaman Singh, district panchayat members and municipal corporation members.