KISHTWAR, OCTOBER 15: Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Pankaj Kumar Sharma today chaired a meeting of the District Telecom Committee (DTC) to review the status of telecom services and the progress of ongoing infrastructure projects in the district.

At the outset, the Deputy Commissioner reviewed the Action Taken Report (ATR) on the directions issued at the previous DTC meeting.

While reviewing the progress of the 4G Saturation Project, the Deputy Commissioner directed the executing departments to take measures for timely completion of the work at the remaining sites. He emphasized the need for close coordination among all stakeholder departments to ensure the project is completed within the stipulated timeline.

The Officials from BSNL apprised that the land survey of the two pending sites at Choidraman and Dehraie has been completed. The DC directed to upload documents and places indent on Parivesh portal after joint inspection with Forest authorities. He also reviewed the status of ongoing 4G networking work in the remote areas of Chasoti, Sohal, Chingam and Pallai. He directed the officials to remove the bottlenecks through effective inter-departmental coordination to facilitate early completion of the project.

Reviewing the status of Right of Way (RoW) applications on the Unified Portal of the Department of Telecommunications, the ACR informed that there was no pendency in the district. It was further informed that the Call Before You Dig (CBUD) app is functioning smoothly in the district.

The Deputy Commissioner directed the concerned departments, including NHIDCL, BRO, Jal Shakti and JPDCL to register on the portal and nominate a nodal officer for maintaining coordination among the departments. He emphasised the importance of effective usage of the CBUD app to prevent damage to underground telecom infrastructure during excavation works.

The meeting was attended by CPO Akhil Thakur; ACD Manoj Kumar; DFO Vishal Chaudhary; DFO Mahesh Thakur; DIO NIC Faizal Khan; Executive Engineer JPDCL Abdul Hamid; Executive Engineer PWD R&B Shamis Din; Executive Engineer PWD R&B Mohammad Farooq; SDE BSNL Atul Kumar besides other concerned officers and officials.