Govt passes Rs193-cr outlay for Jammu, Rs141 cr for Reasi

Tribune News Service

Jammu, July 3

Describing District Development Boards (DDBs) as mini-legislatures and institutions of inclusivity, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said the decisions taken at meetings of the District Development Boards will have to be implemented in letter and in spirit.

“District Development Boards are the institutions of empowerment for the legislators. This well-established institutional mechanism makes them part of the implementation process at the ground level. I will leave no stone unturned to ensure that the credibility and authority of the institution is restored fully,” Sayeed said while chairing the District Development Board meetings of Jammu and Reasi districts here.

Deputy CM Dr Nirmal Singh, who is also the chairman of the DDB, Jammu, and Minister of Cooperatives Tsering Dorjey, who is the chairman of the DDB, Reasi, also spoke at the meeting.

Calling for making the mechanism of issuance of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) transparent and hassle-free, the Chief Minister, however, directed the administration to take strict action against those misusing the same. He directed the administration to ensure that the permanent residents of the state were not made to suffer while seeking issuance of PRCs and other certificates.

Expressing concern over the problem of traffic congestion in the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, the Chief Minister announced the state government’s plan to have multi-lane circular roads for Jammu and Srinagar to relieve them traffic jams.

“Jammu has a huge potential in the agriculture and horticulture sectors which need to be tapped using latest technological inventions in irrigation, root stock and quality seeds and field interventions,” he said.

As for the demands by legislators for development of tourist spots in their respective constituencies, the Chief Minister called for identification of tourist spots in the vicinity of highways and preparation of DPRs to fully harness the tourist potential of the Jammu division.

He called for identification of a tourist village under the Government of India’s flagship rural tourism promotion scheme. He sought early black-topping of the road adjoining Surinsar Lake.