Complete work on Rs 463L model playgrounds in week, BDPOs told

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 12

Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori directed all Block Development and Panchyat Officers (BDPOs) to ensure timely completion of development projects being carried out in rural areas under various schemes so that the people of the district could benefit from these pro-people initiatives.

While reviewing the playground project, the DC accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Vishesh Sarangal, and ADC (General) Jasbir Singh, asked the officials to complete these projects within a week as any kind of delay would be dealt with strictly. The DC said 61 model playgrounds were to come up in all 11 blocks at an outlay of Rs 463.91 lakhs, adding that about 44 playgrounds had been completed so far with an expenditure of Rs 349 lakhs. These model playgrounds include five each in Adampur, Jalandhar west, Lohian, Mehatpur, Nurmahal, Phillaur, Rurkan Kalan, and Shahkot; nine in Bhogpur; six each in Jalandhar east and Nakodar development blocks.

Similarly, the DC also reviewed the progress made in school projects started under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MG-NREGA) and convergence. He stated that a total of 664 school projects had to be initiated in the district by incurring Rs 10 crore out of which 553 works had been started by the authorities and a sum of Rs Rs 4.02 crore had been spent. Thori has directed all field officers to start the remaining projects besides ensuring above 50 per cent completion within next week.