SDOs BDOs must review MPLADS, BEUP, BADP - Update UCs to claim next installment

Principal Secretary Development & Planning held video conferencing with DMs on last week to review the performance of MPLADS and BEUP schemes. Our performance is comparatively better but needs to be improved further as far as submission of utilisation certificates from executing agencies is concerned.

BEUP

• Eleven out of 15 MLAs have received first installment for the current year, whereas four ACs namely Kaliganj, Karimpur, Santipur and Haringhata could not qualify to get next installment as the submission of UCs from concerned block/ Executing Agencies is less than 50 % of the last installment. BDOs and SDOs of these ACs must immediately hold review meetings with all executing agencies with whom the UCs are pending. Part UCs may be collected in case the schemes are not yet completed physically or bills are not paid.
• In case of rest ACs, we must update UCs to claim second installment.
• Electrification schemes, not yet completed for want of consumers, should be physically verified by the WBSEDCL thereafter specific proposal giving requirement of additional fund, if any, should be submitted to Development & Planning section. Efforts should also be made to cover the mouja under Rajiv Gandhi Grammen Vidyutikaran Yojana.
• Regular meetings with Hon'ble MLA or his representative and Executive Agencies must be held on monthly basis at the end of BDO, bimonthly at the level of SDO as directed earlier. It is noticed that a few blocks have not yet conducted even one meeting with MLAs on BEUP during the current financial year.

MPLADS

• Action as explained above should be taken for collection of UCs and monitoring meetings.
• Additional funds required due to cost escalation in terms of PWD circular on schedule of rates can be intimated to Development & Planning department with proper justification.
• List of shcmes pending for more than six months for start up of work or more than nine months for completion must be reviewed thoroughly to sort out the problems. There might be some schemes which are impossible to implement due to genuine practical problems at site. This must be brought to our notice so that process for its cancellation can be initiated.

BADP

Pictures (L) : Metal road constructed under BADP in Hanskahli, (R ) : Existing road not yet taken up in Hanskhali block. DM along with BDO visited the work site recently. Funds for rest stretch proposed in 2009-10 budget.

All ongoing schemes for which funds were released prior to 31st March 2008 must be completed by March 2009, whereas schemes pertaining to 2006-07 must be completed by 31st December 2008.

• Monthly expenditure report for each scheme must be emailed by 8th December 2008.
• Quarterly report upto December 2008 to be emailed to us by 5th January 2009. SDOs/ BDOs must note that fund entitlement of the district for next year is determined by expenditure report as on 31st December 2008, therefore efforts must be made to submit updated report.

SDOs and BDOs are requested to make field visits to some of these schemes and send photographs. Review of each scheme must be done with SAEs. Some blocks reported the problem of delay in vetting due to complicated procedure of making payment of vetting charges at Nadia Zilla Parishad. It has since been decided to clear pending vetting without making spot payment. NZP shall raise bills on quarterly basis in the name of Executing Agency for all schemes together to be payable by next quarter failing which vetting can be withheld.

For clarification contact ADM Dev or DPLO.

District Magistrate, Nadia