Monday, 28 September 2015

Saroori visits Chatroo, offers condolences to Malik’s family


 
Reviewed the functioning of PHE & Flood Control department

Kishtwar, September 28: - Vice President JKPCC and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, today visits Chatroo here, to offer condolences to the bereaved family of Jaffer Hussain Malik son of Ehsan Malik, who passed away on Friday.

The deceased was the Police constable in Dadpeth police post who died in a tragic accident near Mugalmaidan as a result of which the vehicle plunged into 200 meter deep gorge and landed on the bank of mighty river Chenab.

Altaf Hussain Malik, Tariq Wani, Mohd Amin Naik, Bidya Lal Sharma, Ghulam Mohd Kohli, Sheikh Basharat, Altaf Hussain and others accompanied the MLA Inderwal.

Paying rich tributes to late Jaffer Hussain Malik, Saroori expressed solidarity with the bereaved family, in particular the wife and children’s of the deceased, and prayed to Almighty Allah to give them courage to bear this personal loss.

MLA Inderwal spent some time with the family members of the deceased. He also offered Fateha and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul.

Saroori has called for strong initiatives for re-charging the ground water table, adding that water sources are constantly depleting and there is great need of a well-knit strategy to raise the water table for a better tomorrow. He also stressed the need for stepping up of awareness campaign for judicious use of water in the district Kishtwar and Sub-District Thathri.

While chairing a meeting to review the functioning of PHE & Flood Control Department of Kishtwar division and Sub-District Thathri, here today, the MLA Inderwal stressed the need for improving the monitoring mechanism for timely completion of various on-going schemes.

XEn PHE Ravi Kant besides AEEs, AEs, JEs and other officials of PHE department attended the meeting.

Saroori enquired about the functioning of different water supply schemes of Inderwal constituency besides reviewing the overall functioning of the department. He asked the Executive Engineer to provide water connection to all uncovered households in the different areas.

He asked the officers to closely supervise the working of field functionaries to solve people’s grievances at their doorsteps and also urged the officers to expedite the works on ongoing water supply projects especially in rural areas.

Taking detailed appraisal of various components of schemes, the MLA Inderwal laid stress on strict implementation of sustainability programme which is aimed at to conserve the existing PHE schemes for a longer period. He directed the engineers and field staff to take all possible steps to improve the efficacy of schemes so that they serve their purpose. He also stressed the need for improving the work culture at the grass root level to provide better services to the people.

Issuing strict warning to the officials of PHE department for violating any norms while making operational new PHE schemes, Saroori said any lapse on this account will not be tolerated. They (engineers) must ensure all components including alternate equipment at the PHE stations to avoid any failure due to break down of electric motors. The engineers should also get themselves fully satisfied about the sustainability of source while conceiving new scheme so that the scheme serves its purpose for the designated area and population, Saroori asserted.

The MLA Inderwal also took a detail review of the Flood Control department and asked the Executive Engineer for proper maintenance and timely repair of important khuls in the Inderwal constituency.

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