The district administration, Almora, has set deadline for utilisation of 90 per cent of funds released to different executive agencies under district and State plans and other Central sponsored schemes till November 30.
Those departments which fail to achieve the target given to them in terms of utilisatioin of 90 per cent of the funds released to them till November 30, appropriate action will be taken against them, asserted Akshyat Gupta, District Magistrate, Almora. The Government is serious about full utilisation of funds on various developmental projects within the given period time, further said the District Magistrate.
Therefore, timely utilisation of funds is vital for completion of theongoing developmental projects, added Gupta. The matter of fact is that the district administration Almora has already issued notices to some of the departments including swajal, jalnigam, and PWD for not inviting tenders on time and poor utilisation of funds released to them.
Taking a serious note of delay in spending of funds by some of the departments, the District Magistrate, Almora, also asked all the officials concerned of the district to submit progress reports of their respective departments to the district economic and statics department by December 2, 2013. Reviewing the progress of the Central sponsored schemes, Gupta said that those departments which want to surrender the funds given to them for developmental works under the central sponsored schemes may do so by submitting necessary details to the district economic and statics department by end of November, 2013.
In the meanwhile, the Almora district administration has also expressed its disappointment over slow pace of developmental works being carried out under the 20 point programmes, cautioning the departments like swajal to expedite the pace of developmental works. With the current financial year being at its fag end, the district administration Almora has also emphasised on the need for timely spending of MlA fund.