Directing all the municipal bodies Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma today said that toilet construction work should be taken war footage level. She said that daily review of toilet construction should be ensured at the department level, application generation should be sped up and funds should be transferred in the beneficiaries’ accounts.
During a review meeting of the Urban Development Department, Verma said that out of 2.21 lakh applications received for toilet construction, 1.92 lakh have been approved by the Government.
laying stress on collection of ward wise application, she said to ensure that no house remains devoid of toilets. She said that city managers should coordinate with ward councilors and select the beneficiaries. After reviewing the received application, funds should be released. Moreover, the beneficiaries who have received fund should be monitored whether they are making toilets or not. Those who have started on the fixed parameter should be given the next installment. Warning the municipal bodies of Chaibasa, Saraikela, Mihizam and Vishrampur, the CS said that if the work does not speed up in a month, action will be taken on them. She also directed to take action on city manager and PIU showing slackness in the work.
Reviewing the Pradhan Mantri aawas Yojana, the CS directed to release second installment of funds to those only who have completed construction up to plinth level. Bonafide beneficiaries should be selected and fake ones should be removed from the list. She ordered to profile city manager’s work ward wise. It was reported by the department that 19,933 houses have been approved by the Union Government and 2069 houses have been Geo-tagged so far.
Urban Development Department Principal Secretary Arun Kumar Singh directed that camps should be conducted ward wise in the bodies where PMAY application has not been generated. Sub-committees should be formed and taken help for sanitation work along with certifying that no house in their ward remains devoid of toilet.
Regarding imparting training under NUlM, the CS said that the training work should be started and those agencies who have not started training should be enlisted for taking action.
Meanwhile, holding another review meeting of Panchayati Raj department Verma instructed officials to complete the works of Panchayat Secretariat and other buildings construction under the set time frame. She asked officials through video conferencing to sort out the issues related to the work and speed it up to finish in time.
The department officials present in the meeting informed the CS that 3411 Panchayat Secretariat building have been constructed in the State and 400 more such building will be constructed by December. Secretary of Panchayati Raj Department Vandana Dael alongwith other senior officials were present on the occasion.