DDC Kathua finalizes MGNREGA Convergence Plan

KATHUA, SEPTEMBER 06: District Development Commissioner, Kathua, Rohit Khajuria today convened a meeting of District Officers to finalize the convergence plan under MGNREGA for the year 2018-19.

During the meeting, the DDC directed all the line departments to converge their plan with MGNREGA so that more labor oriented works can be executed for which corresponding material component would be utilized for pending material liabilities of district.

The DDC asked the DFO Forestry to take up the fencing of encroached state land which has been recovered recently. He further directed the concerned officers to initiate the work for development of playfields, water conservation works, farm ponds and viable works during the current year.

It was further decided to construct 2055 PMAY-G houses, 34 Panchayat Ghars, 52 sanitary complexes, 50 play fields, 20 Anganwari Centres, 16 harvesting tanks besides planting 40,000 saplings under convergence mode in addition to other activities under Fisheries and Social Forestry. 

Earlier, ACD Kathua informed the chair that funds under MGNREGA may be utilized under convergence plan mode with similar contributions from line departments in respect of permissible activities.

The meeting was attended by ADDC Kathua, Shubra Sharma, ACD, Sukhpal Singh, CPO, Raghubir Singh, DPO, CAO, Project Officer IWMP, DFOs and other district officers.