DC Kishtwar Chairs District Level Single Window Committee Meeting
Kishtwar 24th Feb 2022.
Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Ashok Kumar Sharma today chaired District Level Single Window Committee Meeting of Geology and Mining department in order to fast track the process of Clearance of Quarry licenses submitted by contractors.
Meeting was attended by ADC Kishtwar Kishori Lal Sharma,Divisional Forest Officer Kishtwar,Sagar Singh,Chief Agriculture Officer Kishtwar, Satish Kumar, Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti Department Kishtwar,Anil Kailu, District Officer, Pollution Control Board Kishtwar, M S Bali, District Mineral Officer Kishtwar, Dr Brijesh Manhas, Wildlife warden Kishtwar,Majid Bashir among other concerned Officers.
During the meeting, a comprehensive discussion on the subject was held during which the DC directed the District Heads of concerned Line Departments to visit the Quarry sites and expedite Clearance of quarry license cases submitted by the contractor through single window committee.
He directed all the concerned departments to jointly visit the site for conduct of physical verification in time bound manner.
The Deputy Commissioner directed the concerned authorities to work in coordination and said that strict monitoring is required to ensure that nobody indulges in illegal mineral extraction.
Besides,a committee comprising of DMO Kishtwar, concerned Tehsildars and taxation Officers were directed to inspect the stone crushers in the district and scrutinize the records besides to ensure the demarcation of the mining site so that the judicious utilisation of these natural resources is ensured which is necessary for achieving the goal of sustainable development.
Meanwhile deadline of a week’s time was given to the stakeholder Department for furnishing of the clearance report.
