Advisor Sharma for speedy implementation of SUDA schemes

Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma today directed officers to ensure speedy implementation of the various programmes being implemented by State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) maintaining that these have an immense potential of ensuring job creations and also providing the necessary skill trainings to the youth of the state.

The Advisor said this while chairing the governing body meeting of the SUDA here today.

   

Financial Commissioner Housing and Urban Development, KB Agarwal, Secretary in Housing and Urban Development, Anil Gupta, Directors of Planning and Finance, CEOs of Urban Development Agency Jammu and Urban Development Agency Kashmir and other senior officers attended the meeting.

While asking the agency to constantly assess and monitor the implementation of the several programmes being implemented, the Advisor said these have a high potential of elevating the economic profile of urban poor. He said that they should also ensure proper implementation schemes meant to provide economic support to urban youth for setting up micro enterprises.

The Advisor also directed for fast pacing the work on the projects being constructed under Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUH) maintaining that these would ensure the housing facilities to the urban poor of the state. He was informed that the works on five shelters at Kathua, Reasi, Kupwara, Jammu and Anantnag with an estimated cost of Rs 9.25 crore are under process out of which two stand completed.

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