Cooch Behar, Nov. 3 -- State Public Health Engineering (PHE) minister Bhaskar Bhattacharya held a review meeting in Cooch Behar on Tuesday to assess the progress of various development projects undertaken by the department and expedite the completion of pending works.
The meeting was held at Lansdowne Hall in the Cooch Behar District Magistrate's Office. District Magistrate Jitin Yadav, Cooch Behar North MLA Sukumar Roy, along with senior officials and engineers of the department, were present.
The progress of ongoing projects was reviewed in detail, and officials were instructed to complete the pending works within the stipulated time frame.
After the meeting, Bhattacharya said: "We have reviewed the progress of the work completed so far and the projects that are still pending.
The target is to complete the remaining work by March 15, starting next December."
He added that the department aims to provide drinking water connections to around 6.95 lakh households in the district.
So far, connections have been provided to approximately 4.86 lakh households, while the remaining connections are targeted for completion by March 15.
Asked whether action would be taken against officials who were previously in charge, the minister said the matter was being investigated by officials of the Central government. Further details would emerge once the investigation report is submitted to the Centre.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.