Muzaffarabad: (Parliament Times) Azad Kashmir Development Working Party (AJ&K DWP) on Thursday approved 20 development projects worth Rs.2653.941 million under different departments.
The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of AJK DWP, which was chaired by Syed Asif Shah Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) development. The projects approved by the DWP included a project of department of Agricultural “Proposal for Extension of Execution Period of various schemes of Agriculture department “,01 scheme of industries department “Proposal for Extension of Execution Period of Credit Assistance Scheme for small and Cottage industries”,02 scheme of Health department “Provision of emergency medicines in all DHQ hospitals and CMH & AIMS under PM-CIDP FY 2017-18” and “Payments of outstanding of contractual liabilities of closed projects of health department”.
The AJK DWP passed 11 projects while 9 would be submitted to apex forum of AJ&K Cabinet Development Party and one project of the Health department was rejected.
Addressing the meeting the ACS (D) Dr.Syed Asif Shah said that the process of development remained slow for last few years due to the lack of funds but it would get momentum now as federal government has doubled the developmental budget for the AJK from running fiscal year.He said the quality of work had been compromised due to the lack of resources but hopefully with the increased development budget this year, standards of work and service delivery will also improve.
He directed the secretaries to foster the development process without compromising on the quality of the work.
He also asked the secretaries to submit the PC-1 in line with the allocation in Annual Development Program for their departments.
Senior Member of Board of Revenue Fayyaz Ali Abbasi,secretaries Mansoor Qadir Dar,Dr.Shehla Waqqar,Syed Zahoor Ul Hasan Gillani,Malik Israr,Khawja Ahsan, Maj.Gen.Khalid Hussain Asad,Abid Awan,Dr.Mahmood Ul Hassan,Dr.Tariq Mehmood,Director General Information Raja Azhar Iqbal and other high ranking officials attended the meeting.
Development projects initiated under different departments are as under;
Information and Media Development
01“Strengthening of Information Department Phase2â€
Information Technology Board
01: “Establishment of Citizen E-facilitation and Digital Service centers at Division Headquarters “
02: “Tele Presence/Video Conferencing System (Secretariat Divisional Hqs) and Kashmir House Islamabadâ€
03: “Computerization of Land Record in AJ&K (Phase 2 ).
04: “Establishment of Computer Labs in Educational Institutions in Earthquake Affected Districts of AJ&K Phase 2
05: “AJ&K Web Portal Phase 2â€
Power/Electricity
01: “Rehabilitation and Augmentation and Renovation of Power Distribution System HT Component in Circle, Mzd (Phase1)â€,“Rehabilitation and Augmentation and Renovation of Power Distribution System HT Component in Circle, Mirpur (Phase1), “Rehabilitation and Augmentation and Renovation of Power Distribution System HT Component in Circle, Rawlakot (Phase1), “Rehabilitation and Augmentation and Renovation of Power Distribution System HT Component in Circle, Kotli (Phase1)
02: “Prime Minister Community Infrastructure Development Program (PM-CIDP) 2017-18 Electricity Componentâ€.
Physical Planning and Housing
01: “Const. of 03 Nos Police Stations at District Muzaffarbad, 01 No Police Station at Hattian& PTS Hostel i/c fencing at Police Line Mzd, Land acquisition at Rahra with Compound wall along with procurement of emergency equipment for traffic policeâ€.
02: “Const. of Sub Divisional Offices, Residential accommodations THQ Barnala, Bhimber AJKâ€.
Local Government and Rural Development
01: “Construction of Directorate General of LG&RD Office Building at Muzaffarabadâ€.
Research and Development
01: “Establishment of State Property Ownership Cell in AJ&Kâ€.
02: “Support to the activities of AJRSPâ€.