The food and civil supplies, minor irrigation, rural development and Panchayati Raj Minister, Pritam Singh, pulled up the officials of Uttarakhand Rural Road Development Authority (URRDA) for attending the meetings without proper preparation.
He asked the officials to come prepared in the future meetings and warned that strict disciplinary action would be initiated against the officers who attend the meetings without preparation. Singh was chairing a review meeting of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) at the convention hall of Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday. The minister ordered that all works of the rural roads should be completed in time with full transparency and utmost care of quality should be taken in their construction. He said the contractors should be given enough mobilization time for the project so that they understand the work properly after the tender is allotted to them.
The Minister reviewed the PMGSY works of Almora circle, the officials informed him that works on 81 out of 167 projects have been completed and works on 54 projects are currently in progress. The Minister was informed that work on nine Bailey bridges in Bageshwar district is pending and the department is awaiting financial support from NABARD. Pritam Singh asked the officials to expedite the 12 road projects in Kalsi of Dehradun district. He said that the compensation to the farmers whose land is acquired for projects should be handed over on the basis of priority. The meeting was attended by CEO of URRDA Shailesh Bagoli, the Chief Engineer URRDA A K Dinkar, Chief Engineer PMGSY Garhwal KK Jain and others.