Dharwad: Calling for visible progress in the projects undertaken in the district, Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Ravikumar Surpur, who chaired a meeting of the Dharwad district administration officials on Saturday, said that a meeting to review the status of various government initiatives was not meant merely for the disclosure of figures.
Surpur instructed the officials to ensure that input subsidy for agriculture and horticulture crops were transferred to the beneficiaries, and highlighted the need to raise awareness among the farmers about the benefits of organic farming. “Farmers engaged in the cultivation of traditional crops must be educated about the rewards and profits they can earn by switching to horticulture. Funds disbursed for welfare schemes must reach the beneficiaries within the stipulated time. Officials cannot afford to be lax when it comes to the utilisation of funds earmarked for the welfare of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes,” he said.
Surpur asked the officials to take self-help groups and NGOs into confidence, and to encourage them to open outlets for horticulture outlets so farmers growing them could sell their produce directly to such enterprises.
Officials of the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) were instructed to conduct a survey of houses and buildings that had grown structurally weak, and to identify them as ‘danger zones’. “Neighbours must be informed of the presence and the condition of such buildings and officials must not wait till a mishap occurs,” Surpur said.