Jammu Tawi, Dec 01: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar
Mehta on Thursday said that the certification of completed
works under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is of paramount
importance and should be carried out for all the finished
works by the concerned department.
He made these remarks during a periodical review
meeting held by him to take stock of the progress made in
the implementation of the Mission in the UT.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Jal
Shakti Department; CEO, JJM; Chief Engineers and other
concerned officers of the department.
Outstation based officers participated in the meeting
through video conferencing.
Dr Mehta impressed upon the officers to speed up their
pace of work so that the deadline is not missed further. He
enjoined upon them to enhance their outreach activities
also for the awareness of masses. He told them to give
special focus on the works the demands of which had
been made during the Back to Village or upcoming My
Town My Pride programmes.
The Chief Secretary exhorted upon the senior officers of
the department to visit all the works themselves either
physically or virtually to have better idea about the overall
progress. He directed them to take feedback from
Panchayat representatives and public about these works.
He asked them to give due priority to the water quality and
sustainability of source of each scheme.
Dr Mehta further urged the department to constitute the
District PMUs forthwith for quality monitoring of the
execution of works. He also told them to train the persons
in these PMUs for effective implementation of this Mission
as per its objectives.
The need repackaging the irresponsive tenders was
discussed at length. He complimented the department for
adopting a professional management technique like
Critical Path Method (CPM) to have insights about their
weak areas and thereby formulation of suitable action
plan. He said that the officers should be made aware
about its proper use and understanding. He asked the
department to implement online billing by executing
agencies immediately. He suggested them to see for
analogies in other government departments and
customize the same to meet their requirements.
The Principal Secretary informed the meeting that the
department is looking into the possibility of allotting nearly
328 works of laying pipe networks simultaneously.
He further elucidated that nearly 70000 Functional
Household Tap Connections (FHTCs) had been provided
under this Mission. It was said that out of 2504 allotted
works 1409 are under various stages of completion. It was
also revealed that 168 works stands completed and up to
December end all the works of the Mission would be
allotted for execution and timely completion.
