Second meeting of District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee held at Namchi

NAMCHI, 03 Oct [IPR]: The 2nd District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (DVMC) meeting for South Sikkim was conducted today in the conference hall of Namchi DAC chaired by the MP Lok Sabha, PD Rai who is also the chairman of the committee.
The action taken report on the issues raised in the last meeting concerning different line departments and the developmental progress made in the South district on the entire schemes sponsored by the central government were reviewed and discussed in the house.
Action points like land compensation, scarce water supply, deficient electricity supply, poor maintenance of PMGSY roads, shortage of infrastructure and manpower in PHSCS/PHCs, delay in REDRH & CMRHM, shortage of washroom facilities for students especially girls in government schools, Integrated Watershed Management Program and other related subjects were talked about in the house. Schemes like MGNREGA, REDRH, CMRHM, NRHM, Total Sanitation Campaign, BRGF, works under MPLADS, PMGSY, IWSMP, ARWS, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, and ICDS Centers were discussed at length.
Conveying his discontent on the poor attendance of the Panchayat Presidents in the meeting, MP Lok Sabha said that this forum is an apt place where their grievances and queries can be resolved in better way and their absence shows indifference which would hamper the execution of public work.
He called for collective responsibility from the public administration and Panchayats to fulfill the mission of the Chief Minister in creating self-sufficient efficient villages in the state. To consume less time and make the DVMC meet more effective, Mr Rai requested the line department representatives and panchayat members to come completely prepared for the meet in the subsequent meeting.
While addressing the grievances placed by the panchayats, he asked the concerned line department to ensure timely wage payment of the NREGA laborers. Addressing the shortage of electricity supply in Koltay GPU, he asked the Power department to implement high quality works in the rural areas as their negligence will only make the public suffer.
Underlining the importance of speedy deliverance of REDRH Scheme, Mr Rai stressed that REDRH scheme is for the grass root level public and they are the genuine recipients who need to be strengthened from the roots. He asked the line department officials not to take the public works lightly and cooperate with the state government in empowering the underprivileged section.
Stating that his observation of the REDRH and CMRHM schemes showed slow progress, the DVMC Chairman recommended the GVAs/line departments and Panchayats to implement all related works in mission mode and speed up progress in these priority schemes of the state government. speaking on the issue of non-maintenance of PMGSY roads, he said that the maintenance fund provided under PMGSY scheme is not sufficient to cover the maintenance of all roads. He added that a proposal to raise the maintenance fund especially for hilly areas has been placed with the centre.
Regarding the slow pace of work under the RGGVY scheme for power supply, he recommended that the nodal officers formed for this scheme inspect the schemes in the district to learn about the real concerns and take action thereafter for effective implementation of the scheme.
The District Collector South, Prabhaker Verma placed a proposal in the house to launch a Jan Sunwai Diwas in the South District wherein at the end of the each week all the HoDs of all line departments should visit each GVK and hold meetings with the respective GVA, panchayat members and public for efficient administration of public works. Pointing out the flaws in the administration, Mr Verma said that lack of coordination between departments, lack of regular monitoring of the implemented schemes, administration becoming inaccessible in remote areas are some of the problems that need to be resolved by all the departments soon.
The Lok Sabha MP welcomed the proposal of the DC South and said that with the combined teamwork of the line departments this proposal may become effective in bringing positive results for the public.