JOIN USMP Nalin Kumar Kateel expressed his displeasure over the dilly-dallying of Pumpwell and Thokkottu flyover projects and directed the NHAI officials to complete the works by the end of May.
He was chairing the District Development and Monitoring Committee Meeting (DISHA) at the Netravathi Hall in Zilla Panchayat on Saturday.
MCC Commissioner Muhammed Nazeer said that the stormwater channel at Pumpwell has been blocked during the road works at Pumpwell. If left unattended, it might pose a problem by creating artificial floods.
The MP told the NHAI officials to unblock the channel along with repairing the service roads at Thokkottu and Pumpwell junction as soon as possible as vehicle riders are facing a lot of convenience.
The MP also told the Taluk panchayat executive officials to follow up the construction work of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and complete the pending works soon. The procrastinating attitude of the officials has deprived the beneficiaries from availing the facility, he said.
ZP CEO Dr M R Ravi instructed the Taluk Panchayat Executive Officers to conduct spot visits at the sites. The EOs should be accompanied by the Panchayat Development Officers of the respective Panchayats to ensure that the housing schemes are effectively implemented and the works are completed before the deadline.
Road development works
National Highways department Executive Engineer said that an estimate of Rs 280 crore has been drawn towards the Charmadi-BC Road work package. As part of the second phase work at Shiradi Ghat, the Bantwal-Punjalkatte road development work at a stretch of 20 km is awaiting approval. The Punjalkatte-Charmadi road development work too, will be approved soon.
MESCOM Puttur Division Executive Engineer said that electrification will be provided to 67 households in Puttur taluk and 1,851 BPL households in Sullia taluk under Deen Dayal rural electrification project.
'Terminate contract'
Dr M R Ravi asked the Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation department Executive Engineer Narayan Naik to terminate the contract of M/s Pan Asia World Wide, as they have failed to provide quality service with regard to the setting up of drinking water units. Of the 70 proposed RO units in the district, only 18 have been set up. For this reason, 29 out of 70 units have already been dropped. Despite this, the contractors have not initiated the work on the rest of the units. A total of 76 units were sanctioned for Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation department and out of these, 29 are dropped while 157 were sanctioned to KRIDL and among these, 15 are dropped.
Biogas units
The ZP CEO said that it has been proposed to set up biogas units at all SC/ST and ITDP hostels in the district, with the assistance of MRPL's CSR funds. The biogas units will make use of kitchen waste.
'No toilets'
Swacch Bharat Mission Supervisor said that as per the social audit report, 4,519 households in the 230 villages of the district do not have toilets. The required families would be provided funds from the respective Gram Panchayats under Mission Antyodaya scheme.
Zilla Panchayat President Meenakshi Shantigodu was present.