Written
by Newspoint Bureau
Saturday,
28 April 2012 23:10
Samba,
April 28
A
meeting of officers of Rural Dev Department, Revenue Department and
Agriculture Deptt was held under the Chairmanship of Mubarak Singh,
District Development Commissioner, Samba for implementation of Action
Plan for rejuvenating and development of water Bodies i.e. community
ponds/bowlies, wells etc. in the rural areas of the district.
It was
revealed that the action plan for development of water bodies in the
district has been formulated and the Rural Dev Deptt has identified
427 community ponds, bowlies etc. and further that the work has
already been started for rejuvenating, renovation and development of
these ponds by the Rural Dev Department under MG-NREGA. It was also
shared that 216 ponds have been rejuvenated & developed till date
and the process is going on for repairing the remaining ponds.
During
the course of meeting, the plan for development of water bodies was
thoroughly discussed and the Block Dev Officers were directed to
ensure the full participation of Panchayats in this behalf and were
asked to complete the task of renovating these community ponds well
before the onset of Monsoon season. A committee for monitoring the
implementation of the action plan under the Chairmanship of Addl
District Dev Commissioner has also been constituted who shall obtain
the progress reports from the Block Dev Officers on weekly basis for
completing the task within the stipulated time.
During the meeting,
the Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars were also directed to ensure that
the encroachment of community ponds, if any, is removed so that the
water bodies are properly developed and put to use. They were also
directed to remove the encroachment of state/Kah Charai land and
further that the list of such encroachments be prepared for ejecting
the illegal occupants from state land and also for taking legal
action against them.
During the meeting the progress of issuance of
Kissan Credit Cards (KCC) was also reviewed. It was informed that the
action plan has also been prepared by the Agriculture Department for
100% coverage of KCC wherein Agriculture, Revenue Deptts and Bankers
have been directed for preparation and issuance of KCC within three
months. Madhav Lal, Chief Secretary, J&K on the occasion of
inauguration of issuance of KCCs on 18th of April, 2012, had directed
the District Administration and allied departments to ensure 100%
coverage of the farmers under the scheme of Kissan Credit Cards for
facilitating them to afford the inputs of agricultural activities
i.e. better seeds and new techniques for diversification of the
agriculture and allied activities with the financial assistance
through these cards. He had also directed the District Administration
for taking all necessary steps for renovating and development of
water bodies. Among others, ADDC, Samba, ADC, Samba, Asstt
Commissioner (Dev), Samba and District Officer from various
departments attended the meeting. The Lead Bank Officer alongwith
Distt Officers of JK Bank, SBI, PNB, JCC, Grameen Bank also attended
the meeting and assured to provide all coordination and cooperation
for issuance of Kissan Credit Cards within the time frame fixed in
the action plan.
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