The meeting was held to approve different departments’ district plans for the year 2015-16 at Vikash Bhawan at district headquarters Pauri on Tuesday. The district in-charge Minister Dinesh Dhanai presided over it.
During the meeting, green signal was given to the proposed Rs84 crore involving different departments. Dhanai instructed all the concerned district plan officers to complete the running scheme first before embarking on the execution of the new plan. Previously, the provision for the district plan of 2015-16 was Rs102 crores, but the State Government has curtailed the amount to Rs84 crores.
Dhanai further said that the department officer should include maximum proposals sent by the district planning committee members in the plan to remove their grievances. He instructed the officers to prepare the booklet containing programmes and schemes of the departments and to ensure that it is sent to the DPC members.
The departments whose budget has been increased should give the information to the people, he said. PWD has got Rs22 crore for the construction of roads and bridge while Jal Nigam has got Rs10 crore, Jal Sansthan Rs15 crore, Forest Rs45 lakhs, minor irrigation Rs2 crore, irrigation Rs4.50 crore, health Rs4 crore, Ayurveda health Rs85 lakhs, community development Rs1.20 crore, Secondary education Rs3.30 crore, agriculture Rs1 crore, horticulture Rs80 lakhs, Veterinary Rs2.50 crore, tourism Rs2.09 crores and youth welfare Rs3.70 crores. The money curtailed of the few departments include health Rs2.50 crore, community development Rs1 crore and Veterinary Rs40 lakhs.
Dhanee laid emphasis on the drinking water scheme to solve water scarcity in the summer. MlA lamsdowne Dalip Rawat, Zila Panchayat president Deepti Rawat, MlA Yamkeshwar Vijaya Barthwal, district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt, superintendent of police Ajay Joshi, C D O Sonika and other officers were present at the meeting.