Mehbooba for construction of bunkers for border residents

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Nov 09 2016 | 1:13 AM IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that a plan should be worked out for construction of individual bunkers and community bunkers for the people of the border areas who usually become targets of cross border shelling.
"Mehbooba asked the Chief Secretary to work out a plan for construction of individual bunkers and community bunkers for the people of the border areas who usually become targets of cross border shelling," an official spokesman said.
She was chairing a meeting of the Administrative secretaries after opening of offices in the winter capital, here today.
She also directed expediting project report formulation for solid waste management at Jammu and Srinagar.
On the implementation of Public Services Guarantee Act in the state, the Chief Minister advised adoption of a transparent file tracking mechanism to avoid inordinate delays and ensure speedy disposals.
She also asked the officers to be responsive to public grievances and try to mitigate the same to maximum extent possible.
She also reviewed the status of biometric attendance in offices and generation of Aadhar cards and directed the IT Secretary to fill in the gaps in the enrolment process.
She asked the Secretaries to ensure that the employees and their families are enrolled under Aadhar.
She specifically asked the Education Secretary to complete the Aadhar enrolment in schools as many of the welfare schemes for students have now been linked to Aadhar.
The Chief Minister was informed that so far 94 lakh people have been enrolled under Aadhar out of which 84 lakh cards have been issued so far.
In case of the remaining, the enrolment process is on, the Chief Minister was informed.

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First Published: Nov 09 2016 | 1:13 AM IST

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