Garhwal MP and former Chief Minister Maj Gen (retd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri pulled up an official of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for reaching the meet of the district vigilance and monitoring committee late. Khanduri did not allow the official to attend the meeting chaired by the MP in Pauri on Wednesday.
Khanduri stressed that negligence in the implementation of various schemes and plans will not be tolerated and instructed officers to discharge their duties honestly. They should inform him in case any problem is faced in the implementation. The MP chaired the discussion on Centrally-funded schemes related to rural roads, potable water, health, education and other issues.
Khanduri said that the aim of this committee is to spot any corruption in Government works, inferior quality of work, misuse of funds and official negligence. He directed that any such cases be brought to his notice. The district magistrate should be informed about such cases 15 days prior to the committee's future meets.
Annoyed at the slow construction work of the Dobbaee-Bajaro motor road, he directed the DM to pull up the official concerned. He instructed that proposals should be made under the MP and MlA funds for resolving potable water problems and directed Peyjal Nigam to repair leakage in the Nanghat drinking water scheme.
The corporation was also instructed to work on the Bhairavgarhi pumping scheme to facilitate regular water supply to areas including the lansdowne cantonment. Yamkeshwar MlA Vijaya Barthwal, lansdowne MlA Dalip Singh Rawat, District Magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt, CDO Sonika and other officers were present at the meeting.