MIRPUR ( AJK): While chairing a high-level meeting of the Local Government and Rural Development (LG&RD) Coordinating Council Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Thursday approved the budget of two billion and eighty crore rupees for the financial year 2022-23.
While approving the council’s budget for the financial year 2022-23, PM AJK directed to give priority to public welfare and ensure that the provision of basic amenities of life to the people in rural areas.
He said that the quality of work should be ensured and the monitoring system should be made effective. He also directed that the Union Council buildings should be completed at the earliest.
Sardar Tanveer said that the new projects of water supply and suspended bridge should be constructed on priority basis.
On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary Local Government Ehsan Khalid Kayani briefed on the council’s budget.
He told the Prime Minister that council was facing serious problems due to non-payment of installments worth seventy-three crore rupees during the last quarter of the last financial year.
The Prime Minister on the occasion formed a three-member committee under the chairmanship of the Finance Minister, Additional Chief Secretary Local Government, Additional Chief Secretary Development and Secretary Finance and directed the committee to provide feasible suggestions to solve the problem within fifteen days.
The meeting was attended, among others, by the ministers including Khawaja Farooq Ahmed, Dewan Ali Chaghtai, Majid Khan whereas Additional Chief Secretary LG Ehsan Khalid Kayani, Additional Chief Secretary Development Sajid Chauhan, Secretary Finance Ismatullah Shah, Principal Secretary Shahid Mohiuddin and DG Local Government Shabir Abbasi.