The district administration, Champawat, has set May 31, 2014, as deadline for the officials concerned of different departments for cent per cent utilisation of the remaining funds of the financial year, 2013-2014.
Necessary action will be taken against those officials who fail to utilise the remaining fund of the previous financial year, 2013- 2014, till the given period of time, asserted Deependra Kumar Chaudhary, District Magistrate, Champawat.
Expressing disappointment over poor utilisation of the remaining funds i.e. Rs 13.28 lakh under the district plan, Rs 1.78 crore under the State sector, Rs 5.15 crore under the Central schemes and Rs 45.71 lakh under different other heads of the previous financial year 2013-2014 till April 1, 2014, Chaudhary asked the officials concerned of different departments to utilise the remaining amount of the previous financial year till May 31, 2014.
At the same time, he also advised the officials concerned of the different department of district administration to carry out only those developmental works on priority basis which are directly related to the common people and in which project funds are easily utilised given the time constraint.In the meantime, taking a serious note of non-utilisation of Rs 80.97 lakh by the District Agriculture Department on soil conservation and related works till April 1 2014, District Magistrate Chaudhary asked the CDO, Champawat, to look into the matter to find out reasons behind non-utilisation of the aforesaid fund by the District Agriculture Department till so far.
He also asked the CDO to ensure cent per cent utilisation of the said fund till May 31, 2014. The district administration Champawat has also asked the some other departments like the PWD, Jal Sasthan to name a few to ensure full utilisation of the remaining fund till the given period of time i.e. May 31, 2014. In a bid to ensure cent percent utilisation of the fund till May 31, 2014, Chaudhary also asked the CDO to hold meetings with the officials concerned within a week so that necessary steps could be taken to ensure cent percent utilisation of the fund.