S.A Haidri
MUZAFFARABAD: Local Government and Rural Development (LG&RD) liaison council meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (PM AJK) Raja Farooq Haider Khan here on Thursday.
Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary (Dev.), Secretary Finance, Secretary (LG&RD), Director General and others were present in the session.
According to details, 1978 schemes of worth 931.696 million rupees were approved. It was decided in the sitting that opposition members’ assembly should be considered on board for allocation of schemes.
Prime Minister was apprised by the pertinent officers that Rs. 1305 million rupees were allocated in development budget for Prime Minister Community Infrastructure Development Program (PMCIDP), maintaining that remaining 343.304 million rupees will be further apportioned after availability of further schemes.
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister said that PMCIDP purpose is to provide basic facilities to masses on their doorsteps living in far-flung areas of the State. He reiterated, “All necessary measures should be considered for completion of all development schemes in specified time.”
Prime Minister exhorted, “negligence on accomplishment of any scheme is intolerable; any kind of concession or reduction on quality and quantity of work should be reflected as sternly prohibited.”
Prime Minister also directed that retirement pension issues of local government employees should be considered on priority basis and they should be eased in payment of their pensions.
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