Member Parliament, Jammu-Poonch Constituency, Jugal Kishore Sharma chaired a meeting of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee- 'DISHA' to review the physical and financial achievements under various centrally sponsored Schemes being implemented in Samba district, here today at Conference hall, Nandini Hills, Samba.

Chairman District Development Council Keshav Dutt Sharma, Vice Chairman District Development Council Balwan Singh, District Development Commissioner, Anuradha Gupta, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh Sharma, Additional District Development Commissioner, Rachana Sharma, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Assistant Commissioner Development, Chief Planning Officer, Chief Medical Officer, besides other district officers of Social Welfare, PDD, PHE, PWD, Education, member of DISHA, Sarpanches, Member of civil society, and other prominent persons were also present.

A detailed powerpoint presentation on the achievements & progress of Centrally sponsored schemes and status of various ongoing developmental projects was given out in the beginning of the review meeting by the District Development Commissioner, samba. The positional achievements under JAL JEEVAN MISSION ,CRF,PMGSY PMAY-G, NRLM, PMUJ, PMKSY, PMUY, SAUBHAGYA, IWMP, Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, Ayushman Bharat, ICDS, Social Welfare and others were informed. The DDC apprised the MP about the action taken report on the decisions taken in the previous meeting of DISHA. She also informed about the number of works completed under MGNREGA, Jal Shakti, horticulture and others depts which includes, water conservation and water harvesting, micro irrigation works, flood control and protection various ponds, check dams, vermi compost units have been developed.

While giving details on the Centrally sponsored schemes it was informed that under PMAY(G), PMGSY 100%, expenditure, SBM-G 96% expenditure, NHM 85% expenditure, Samagra Shiksha 79% expenditure has been achieved. Under SBM-G 935 IHHL, 30 Community Sanitary complex has been constructed while in PMAY-U 88 houses has been completed. Giving details on Roads and buildings it was informed that under CRF 10 scheme with sanction cost 155.89 crores, 63 roads under PMGSY were sanctioned out of which 02 schemes and 46 roads have been completed respectively. In Sauvhagya scheme 11451 households were electrified, in education department MDM(Dry Ration), textbooks, study materials were distributed at doorsteps of students during lockdown. Under Ujwala Yojana 23373 gas connections were provided, while achievements under PMSBY, PMJJBM, PMMY, PMJDY and Atal pension Yojana were also informed. 

H’ble MP speaking on the occasion appreciated the achievements and progress attained by the district administration in various central sponsored schemes. He instructed the concerned functionaries to ensure that the benefits under govt schemes reach to the last eligible beneficiaries in the district. The idea of governance at door steps govt of India can only be achieved if all the officers work collectively with servitude outlook added MP. He also stressed on creating mass awareness about the Central Sponsored Schemes for their effective implementation at the grass root level.

Meanwhile, the MP also assessed the action taken report on the directions issued during the previous DISHA meeting. He enquired about detailed report of samba-sumb road, Ring Road, construction of AIIMS, new Community Halls in blocks under MPLADS, details of Purmandal-Utterbeni tourist hub besides other works of roads, electricity, water and other proposed projects.