Gurdaspur, January 08 – Deputy Commissioner Mr. Uma Shankar Gupta today chaired a meeting of the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) at the conference hall of the local District Administrative Complex and reviewed the progress of various development projects being implemented by DMF in the district. During the meeting, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Mr. Harjinder Singh Bedi IAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Mr. Gurpreet Singh Gill, SDM Dinanagar Mr. Jaspinder Singh IAS, SDM Gurdaspur Dr. Karamjit Singh, SDM Dera Baba Nanak Mr. Rajpal Singh Sekhon, SDM Kalanaur Mrs. Jyotsna Singh, XEN Mining Mr. Dilpreet Singh besides officials of various departments were also present.
During the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Mr. Uma Shankar Gupta instructed the officials that the departments to which funds were released for various development projects by the Mining Department, out of those, the utilization certificates of the completed projects should be submitted within a week. During this, he discussed the preparation of basketball ground at District Sports Complex Gurdaspur under DMF scheme, renovation project of District Library, preparation of sports stadium Harpura-Dhandoi, infrastructure of inter-state checkpoint at Bianpur and other development projects. During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner also gave instructions to the Panchayat Department to prepare volleyball playground at village Shahur Kalan in Kalanour tehsil.
Deputy Commissioner Mr. Uma Shankar Gupta instructed the officials to complete the ongoing projects under DMF as soon as possible so that the benefits of these projects reach the people. He said that new projects will be started in the district under DMF during the year 2025. He asked the officials to prepare project reports of the projects that are required keeping in mind the demand of the people and public interest so that those projects of public interest can also be given a real shape.