LG Murmu Directs Fast Track Recruitment In School Education Deptt

Lt. Governor Girish Chandra Murmu reviewed the progress of languishing projects being funded by the Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Ltd, officials said on Wednesday.
He also reviewed the status of Prisons department and School Education sector in separate meetings held at the Civil Secretariat, here today, an official spokesperson said.
BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance, Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lt. Governor were among the officers present on the occasion.
Mehta informed Lt. Governor that JKIDFC has taken up 2,274 languishing projects with an investment of Rs. 9111.25 crore.
Lt. Governor directed Mehta to give preference to local labor and oversee that the labor laws are being adhered to by the agencies responsible for engaging the workforce and check whether insurance cover is available to all of them. He stressed keeping provision for maintenance of all the assets and creation of amenities like overhead water tanks, library, common field in all the residential projects. He emphasized strict quality control, use of anti-corrosion building material, compressive strength test for roads and suggested avoiding cost and time overruns in infrastructure projects.