The Udham Singh Nagar district administration has approved district plan outlay worth Rs 55.65 crore for the year 2013-2014.
The outlay worth Rs 55.65 crore under the district plan was approved by Mantri Prasad Naithani, the School Education and Drinking Water Minister who is also the minister in charge of Udham Singh Nagar district, at a meeting in Udham Singh Nagar on Friday.
According to the officials concerned of the Udham Singh Nagar district administration, out of the approved outlay of Rs 55. 65 crore, while Rs 33.73 crore has been allocated for completion of ongoing developmental works in the district, rest of the amount i.e. Rs 21.92 crore has been set aside for new projects.
Approving the outlay for the 2013-2014, the Minister maintained that although all the members of the district planning committee have all rights to forward their respective areas’ proposals of developmental works, yet all such proposal of developmental works would be considered only after clearance of these proposals by village panchayat, regional panchayat and district panchayat bodies as it is a laid down process.
At the same time Naithani also called upon the officials concerned to include the important proposals suggested by the members of the district planning committee in their action plan so that people could be benefitted with these developmental works. Besides, the minister also called for carrying out the developmental works in disaster hit areas on priority basis. He also emphasised on the need to compete all these projects on time.