Committee to review progress on
Mubarak Mandi Bagh-e-Bahu Cable Car project
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 15: A meeting of the
Committee on Public Undertakings (PUC) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative
Assembly was held here under the Chairmanship of MLA, Sat Paul Sharma to
examine the Audit Paras pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development
Corporation (JKTDC).
Threadbare discussion was held on
CAGs Audit Report pertaining to JKTDC for the year 2002-03 and 2015-16
regarding delay in construction of building besides the overall functioning of
the JKTDC and JK State Cable Car Corporation (JKSCC).
Legislators, Ghulam Mohammad
Saroori, Raja Manzoor Ahmed, Mohammad Khalil Bandh, Abdul Majid Larmi, Rajeev
Sharma and Vikram Randhawa attended the meeting and gave their suggestions
regarding early sorting out of the related audit paras of the department.
During the discussion, the Committee
expressed concern over the lapses on part of the department in furnishing the
Action Taken Report (ATR) on the recommendations and directions given by the
Committee in its 42nd Report and directed the concerned authorities to come up
with full preparation in its next meeting.
However, the Committee was satisfied
with the progress on ongoing construction works of the Corporation Office of
JKSCC at Bemina, Srinagar and decided to drop the related audit para with the
condition that the office will function in new complex by March, 2018.
It was also decided in the meeting
that the Committee will conduct on the spot inspection of Mubarak Mandi
Bagh-e-Bahu Cable Car project to review progress on the work on 21st November,
2017.
The members of the Committee also
highlighted various issues regarding development of tourism sector in the state
and stressed on the concerned authorities to expedite the work on all ongoing
projects of the Corporation.
Secretary, Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez,
and Managing Director, JKSCC, Shamim Ahmed Wani briefed the Committee about the
action taken by the Corporation on the observations made by the CAG in its
reports besides other activities of the department.
The Committee was also informed
about the present status of the working of various projects of the Corporation.
It was assured that the Corporation will take up all necessary steps to promote
the tourism infrastructure in the state on priority basis.
Deputy Accountant General, Audit, V
K Bakshi also briefed the Committee about the observations made by CAG in its
report pertaining to JKTDC.
Among
others, Additional Secretary, Tourism Gulzar Ahmed, FA/CAO, Yasir Sharief, AO,
JKCCC Shafiq Sidiqui besides Deputy Secretary, Legislative Assembly, Ghulam
Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat and other senior officers of concerned departments were also
present in the meeting,
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