Different departmental schemes for 2015-16 of the district plan were given a final shape in the course of a meeting that was held at Vikash Bhawan at district headquarters Pauri on Thursday. The meeting was presided over by District Magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt.
During the meeting, Bhatt instructed the officials of all the departments to complete the ongoing schemes before sending new proposals.
Earlier, the provision for the district plan of 2015-16 was pegged at Rs102 crore. But the State Government has curtailed the amount to Rs84 crore only. Bhatt stressed that the money would be provided according to the needs of the departments like health, education, Peyjal and PWD.
DM said the curtail in the amount of the district plan for the current financial year has resulted in similar curtailment in the amount meant to be allocated to the departments as per the previous plan.
Now, the provision for the PWD for the construction of roads and bridge would be Rs21.99 crore. Besides, Jal Nigam would get Rs9.50 crore, Jal Sansthan Rs15 crore, forest Rs45 lakhs, UREDA Rs50 lakh, minor Irrigation Rs2 crore, irrigation Rs4.50 crore, health Rs6.50 crore, community development Rs2.20 crore, secondary education Rs3.30 crore, agriculture Rs60 lakh, horticulture Rs50 lakh, Vetenary Rs2.74 crore, dairy development Rs82 lakh, cooperative Rs1.70 crore, tourism Rs1.84 crore, sports Rs1 crore, and Youth Welfare Rs3.70 crore.
Bhatt instructed the department officers to give priority to the proposals sent by the Ministers and MlAs and added that officials should ensure that such proposals figure there. Chief development officer Sonika, DFO Garhwal Division Raj Mani Pandey, Jal Sansthan executive engineer RK Rohella, executive engineer Irrigation PK Ashthana and other district level officers were present at the meeting.