POONCH, APRIL 07 (KNO) : Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumers Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali convened a meeting here today to review the status of ongoing projects for tribal welfare including cluster tribal Model villages, residential hostel for tribal girls, besides reviewing the implementation of tribal welfare schemes in the district.
MLA Shah Mohammed Tantray, District Development Commissioner Mohammed Aijaz Ashad, Additional District Development Commissioner Shaikh Abdul Hamid, SSP Rajiv Panday, Director FCS&CA Rashid Inqlabi, Director Tribal Affairs Mohammad Rafi, Secretary Gujjar-Bhakerwal Advisory Board Mukhtar Ahmed along with senior functionaries of concerned departments, Executive engineers of PWD, PDD, PHE and PMGSY besides other district officers were present in the meeting.
The meeting also took stock of the issues pertaining to FCS&CA department in the district. Addressing the meeting the Minister underlined the importance of expediting tribal development projects and asked the officers to devise an effective mechanism for regular monitoring of these projects to ensure they adhere to the quality guidelines and set timelines. He directed the executing agencies to ensure that there are no compromises made with standard specification for these upcoming model villages.(KNO)