ITANAGAR, Jul 16: Chief Secretary Satya Gopal has urged concerned departments to submit suitable proposals to National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for development and construction of critical rural infrastructure.

In a meeting of State Level Screening Committee on Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) here today, Gopal advised the Chief Engineers to prepare Detailed Project Reports which are feasible financially. Admitting the importance of all the projects which were presented in the meeting by the respective departments, he said it is not possible to entertain all the projects considering the financial involvement and constraints. Therefore, he asked them to prioritize the projects and submit accordingly.

He further asked them to explore projects which have potential for inclusive and sustainable growth.

He reviewed all the ongoing and new projects under the RIDF Tranche-XIX (2013-14)- RIDF Tranche XXIII (2017-18). These included projects executed by PWD (Western Zone), PWD (Central Zone-A), PWD (Central Zone-B), PWD (Eastern Zone), PHED (West Zone), PHED (East Zone), and RWD (Western Zone).

The Chief Secretary also took note of physical and financial progress under RIDF in respect of rural road projects, rural bridge projects, social projects like improvement of water supply, new water supply, improvement of school infrastructure, flood protection etc.

Reiterating on building quality assets, he asked the NABARD and State Planning Department to build a serious quality monitoring system. It was also decided that the Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts should monitor all the ongoing projects and submit reports accordingly.

The Chief Secretary also emphasized on proper and timely submission of Utilization Certificates and Project Completion Reports by the executing departments.

NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) also presented their observations through a power point presentation on the projects monitored by them under Border Area Development Projects and Special Plan Assistance.

Commissioner PWD, Bilatee Pertin, Commissioner Finance, Kaling Tayeng, Commissioner Finance, Marnya Ete, Secretary Planning, Himanshu Gupta, concerned Secretaries and Chief Engineers, General Managar Dr. G Mani and Assistant General Manager Ashok I Doki of NABARD were also present in the meeting.

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