jj correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 4: Administration in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday impressed upon the officers to set targets of providing “housing to all” and “prevalence of zero poverty” in the Union Territory by the year 2024.
Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta during a meeting here impressed upon the officers of the Rural Development Department (RDD) to work in coordination with each other to realize the set targets of providing ‘Housing to All’ and prevalence of ‘Zero Poverty’ in J&K by 2024.
Mehta made out that the accomplishment of goals like developing rural infrastructure and ensuring the sanitation of rural areas are the thrust areas of the Department.
He recalled that the UT is going to cover about 1.9 lakh houses under PMAY this year which are enough to saturate the housing needs of all the houseless persons here.
He stated that as discussed time and again the officers of the Department especially those manning the local offices should work towards making these areas livable offering best of the facilities to the rural population.
He observed that J&K has made tremendous progress on many parameters during the last few years including the creation of Amrit Sarovars, door-to-door collection of waste, construction of houses under PMAY etc.
He stated that J&K has made tremendous progress in sanitation under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen and hopefully each of its villages is going to achieve the status of ODF+ by the upcoming Independence Day. UNI
