Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA) during the second meeting held at the RRDA Building on Tuesday, demanded its old responsibilities related to developmental projects back, which have been handed over to Ranchi Municipal Corporation with the passage of time. A total of 18 proposals were passed during the meeting in the presence of Chairperson Parma Singh, members Rajiv Ranjan Kumar, Manoj Kumar Pandey and other officials of RRDA.
“A letter will be written to the State Government soon to hand over the old responsibilities of RRDA related to clearance of building maps, construction of developmental projects like bridges and roads, management of bus stands and markets, back to it,” said board member Manoj Pandey. It was also decided to fill up all 10 vacant posts as soon as possible, he added.
“The State officer has been asked to get prepared with the service manual before the next meeting so that proposal for filling up the vacant posts could be passed without wasting any time,” said Pandey. The authority has been directed to prepare roster for it, he added.
Pandey said that the advertisement for the appointment of Assistant and Junior Engineers will be published in News Papers as soon as the manual are prepared.
The RRDA has also written a letter to the State Government for raising the honorarium for its nominated members.
A demand of Rs 50 crore has also been raised before the State Government so that the poor population could be provided on cheaper rates under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. “We have also demanded 1.5 per cent share on holding tax and 5 per cent share on Stamp fee
from the Ranchi Municipal Corporation,” said
another board member Rajiv Ranjan Kumar.
A proposal of purchasing one Innova Car for Chairperson and a Bolero Jeep for the movement of Board Members were also passed during the meeting.
RRDA Vice Chairperson Prashant Kumar, Secretary Onil Clement Odeya, Additional Collector Anajani Kumar Mishra along with the Executive Engineers of Building Construction Department was also present during the meeting.