Joint Secretary and Niti Aayog incharge of Garhwa district Shashank Shekhar held a meeting with officials of various departments here on Thursday.
At the meeting, Shekhar reviewed the works being carried out by the departments and provided necessary guidelines.
During the meeting, the officials of different departments, gave information about the schemes being run by their respective departments.
The Joint Secretary said that all departments should prepare the template for development and prepare the scheme and submit it to the Commission through Deputy Commissioner in order to accelerate the pace of development through various departments in the district. Garhwa is included in the list of backward districts. It has to move forward in development.
The Government is focusing on the development of all backward districts. Efforts are on for this.
During the meeting, the Civil Surgeon told that the outbreak of malaria in the district is high. Work is being done to eradicate malaria. Also, vaccination work has also been done.
On behalf of the Social Welfare Department, nutritional food is being distributed among the women, children etc. Joint Secretary said to make ANM and Sahia aware about nutrition.
During the review of the education department, he said that efforts will be made to overcome the shortage of teachers in higher education. It was informed in the review of the waterways division that five dams in the district were incomplete. If they are done, then a good way can develop.
On this, Shekhar asked the scheme to be handed over to the Commission. Along with this, he suggested for making people aware of using surface water while saving the underground water level.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Dr Neha Arora, Sadar SDO Pradeep Kumar, Deo Mukti Rani, DSE, Braj Mohan Kumar, District Agriculture Officer Ravis Chandra, District Welfare Officer Virendra Kindo and office bearers of various departments.