Dehradun, July 27 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

DEHRADUN, 25 Jul: A meeting of the Expenditure Finance Committee was held at the Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan here on Saturday, in which several proposals from various departments were recommended. The Chief Secretary directed the officials concerned that pumping drinking water schemes be examined for operation and maintenance through solar power to ensure sustainability and cost-effectiveness and directed that the possibility of solarisation be mandatorily explored in all such projects. He asked the Planning Department to issue a government order in this regard.

Expressing displeasure over departments continuing to pay consultants on a percentage basis of p...