The Nainital district administration has asked the officials concerned of different departments to utilise the funds released to their respective departments by end of September 2014.
The Government has already released Rs 52.65 crore proposed under the district plan for Nainital district, said Akshat Gupta, District Magistrate, Nainital, adding that out of the released amount, Rs 22.10 crore has been distributed among different departments for carrying out developmental works.
This is the first time when the entire amount proposed under the district plan has been released to the district in single installment. Therefore, timely utilisation of the funds is a must, maintained Gupta.
More so, as the officials concerned of the district administration informed, allocation/distribution of district plan funds is also being done through online system. The third installment of the district plan fund will also be distributed among departments in October. Therefore, all the officials concerned are supposed to prepare work -plans on time, the administration further said. It has also stressed the need to maintain quality and timely completion of works. Strict actions will be taken against the officials concerned of those departments if they fail to ensure timely completion of works, the administration warned.
More so, in such cases, the approved funds for their departments will be transferred to other departments, asserted the district administration, Nainital.
The district administration has also directed the officials concerned of different departments to spend the funds only in implementing the project for which the fund has been approved or sanctioned.
The administration has also directed the officials to expedite the development works being carried out under state sector, centrally sponsored and other schemes and ensure timely utilisation of the funds released under the same.