ZIRO, Jun 20: Minister Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Veterinary and Dairy Development and MLA 17th Ziro Hapoli,  Er.Tage Taki convened a coordination meeting with the HoDs of Lower Subansiri today at DC Conference Hall.
Exhorting all the officers to work without any political biases he said,” After the election process is over we all need to shed away our political differences and be part of the development agenda and welfare programs. Your apathy towards your job because of such differences will hamper the developmental process. Therefore as officers you should take pride in your jobs and serve the people to your utmost capacities. ”
“Let us re energise ourselves, rectify our thought process and vow to serve our people,” he further appealed while calling all for to work in a team spirit. 
During the course of the meeting he took stock of all the welfare and developmental activities in the district.
“ADHAAR seeding will have to be completed by end of July, 2019. For the lack of ADHAAR seeding many social sector welfare programs and schemes do not reach to the actual beneficiaries. It also impacts the fund flow for the welfare programs,” Er. Taki said while reviewing the activities under the ICDS and Medical projects. He directed the District Statistical Office to set special camps and complete the AADHAR seeding by end of July, while also assuring all assistance for the same.
“ It is very essential to analyze the consumer-production gap in agriculture and horticulture sector to plan further expansion programs,” he further added and directed the Horticulture and Agriculture departments to carry out  baseline surveys for systematic planning. 
“Our focus this time shall be on maize, millet, pulses and other sustainable crops. With our Prime Minister’s vision to double the income of our farmers by 2022, it is necessary to adopt more commercial crops.  Ziro being blessed with an ideal weather conditions for these crops, we can produce bumper if there is the will,” he added and exhorted all the staffs to work with a renewed zeal.
He directed the EE, Urban Development to prepare the master plan for Ziro to oversee uniform and organised development of the area and also to identify places left out for cc pavement constructions. Further, he also directed the department to work out a plan for landscaping Ziro –Hapoli township area.
With regards to water conservation and management, he directed the EE, PHE to speed up the tender process for water tapping project from river Pange.  He further directed EE, WRD to identify areas in the entire stretch of river Kley for erecting bandhs that could be used to replenish the irrigation channels and maintain the required amount of water level throughout the year and prepare a DPR accordingly for further perusal.
While he asked the Tourism department to initiate plans for tourism activities in and around Swekhe lake, he directed RWD to prepare a plan for the community fencing. “It is but very essential to complete the remaining stretch of Community fencing for agri-horti activities like multiple cropping,” he added.
Later all the HoDs enlightened the minister with their departmental activities and placed the infrastructural gaps for his attention.
The Minister also invited all the officers to participate in the International Yoga Day to be observed in Vivekanada Kendra Vidyalaya, Dobi on 21st.
The meeting was attended by DC Chukhu Takar, HoDs and Administrative Officers.

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