UDHAMPUR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah conducted an extensive district-level governance review in Udhampur, assessing ongoing public infrastructure works, winter preparedness strategies, and welfare scheme execution, while virtually inaugurating four rural administrative facilities completed at a cost of ₹5.06 crore.
The projects dedicated by the Chief Minister encompass modern institutional assets constructed under the CAPEX budget by the Rural Development Department (RDD). These include the flagship District Development Council (DDC) complex at Udhampur built at ₹2.35 crore, alongside Block Development Council (BDC) buildings at Parlidhar (₹80.17 lakh), Jaganoo (₹84.41 lakh), and Sewna (₹1.06 crore), serving Udhampur East, Ramnagar, and Chenani assembly segments.
Addressing administrative department heads and legislators, the Chief Minister mandated a strict fortnightly monitoring regime for capital works under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI). He instructed line agencies to accelerate ground execution, ensure optimal financial absorptive capacity, and swiftly resolve inter-departmental hurdles, including pending forest clearances.
“Administrative machinery must move with heightened coordination and uncompromised accountability. Delays in releasing scheme allocations, particularly the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), directly stall public welfare works and will not be accepted,” Abdullah stated.
Presenting a sectoral overview, Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Ananth Dwivedi informed that overall physical progress on the premier Government Medical College (GMC) campus at Baili has touched 88 percent. On winter readiness, the administration has established a centralized road maintenance framework covering 124 critical routes over 775 kilometres, backed by snow-clearing machinery, buffer stocks of power transformers, dedicated water tankers, and advance grain supplies for remote hilly habitations.
The review also scrutinised national highway works along NH-44, NH-244, and NH-1A, the Mantalai tourism project under Swadesh Darshan, piped water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission, power distribution revamping under RDSS, and grievance redressal efficiency—noting a 96 percent resolution rate under JK Samadhan.
The meeting was attended by Cabinet Ministers Ali Mohammad Sagar, Sakina Itoo, Javed Rana, Mir Saifullah, Shamim Firdous, and Altaf Ahmed Wani; Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani; MLAs Balwant Singh Mankotia, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Ranbir Singh Pathania, and Sunil Bhardwaj; Acting Chief Secretary Shailendra Kumar; ACS to CM Dheeraj Gupta; and Divisional Commissioner Vikas Kundal.
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