DC Santosh chairs expenditure review meeting of CAPEX budget 2022-23

Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil, Santosh Sukhadeve today chaired a meeting of district officers in his office chamber to review progress of expenditure achieved on different works under the District Capex Budget 2022-23.

During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner sought details from the officials of the respective departments regarding expenditure achieved till February 2023.

SE, PWD, Chief Executive Officer, KDA, ACD, District Treasury Officer, SDM Zanskar (attended virtually), all BDOs, officers and officials of other departments attended the meeting.

During the meeting, officers from the concerned departments informed DC Kargil regarding the physical and financial progress achieved till now on the ongoing developmental works.

The Deputy Commissioner reviewed the expenditure status of all departments and directed all the officers to complete the remaining developmental works at the earliest. He stressed upon the officers to achieve 100 percent expenditure this year.

DC Santosh directed SDM Zanskar to surrender the unused funds. The DC instructed the concerned officers to complete the tendering process at the earliest. Santosh directed the concerned to provide the biometric attendance lock for engineers and staff.

During the meeting, concerned officers also informed the DC about the expenditure of machinery and subsidy component.

The Deputy Commissioner instructed the district officers to accelerate the work pace and expedite the expenditure booking.

The DC directed to frame a committee of Panchayat Samiti and also stressed all Block Development Officers to make success stories of Amrit Sarovar.

DC Kargil also stressed for optimum utilization of funds during the current financial year and directed the officers to gear up their manpower and machinery to complete the developmental works within the stipulated timelines.

DC Santosh stressed that the financial rules should be followed in letter and spirit. He also directed to ensure that the works are accelerated to create tangible results on the ground.

The DC instructed the concerned officers not to send bills with the contractors to the treasury. DC Kargil also directed the concerned officers to book maximum expenditure under District Capex of the works as soon as possible.