Sakeena Itoo tables Demand for Grants in Legislative Assembly
Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Mar 12:
Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today tabled the Demand for Grants before the House.
The Demands included sum not exceeding ₹ 1201489.52 lakh for School Education Department, sum not exceeding ₹ 881370.63 lakh for Health and Medical Education department, sum not exceeding ₹ 450428.15 lakh for Social Welfare Department and sum not exceeding ₹ 219340.00 lakh for Higher Education Department.
Legislators, Dr. Shafi Ahmad Wani, Pyare Lal Sharma, Devender Kumar Manyal, Irshad Rasool Kar, Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Mushtaq Ahmad Guroo, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, Surinder Kumar, Peerzada Feroze Ahmad, Choudhary Mohammad Akram, Dilip Singh Parihar, Er. Khursheed Ahmad, Iftikhar Ahmed, Bharat Bhushan, Shamima Firdous, Aijaz Jan, Dr. Narinder Singh and Mehraj Malik spoke during the discussion on demand for grants and raised issues with respect to these Departments and their respective constituencies.
The discussion will continue tomorrow.
Meanwhile, The Government today emphasized its shift from traditional solid waste dumping to a more scientific and sustainable waste disposal approach.
Responding to a question raised by Nizam ud Din Bhat on behalf of Member G.A. Mir, Minister for Health, Sakeena Itoo, informed the House that the government is implementing scientific waste management methods. This included bio-mining of legacy waste, construction of scientific waste management centers, door-to-door waste collection, bio-fencing around waste management sites and conversion of dumping sites into bio-parks, she added.
The Minister, replying on behalf of the Chief Minister, who is also the Minister-in-Charge of the Housing & Development Department, further stated that a Solid Waste Management Facility is operational in Achabal Town with a capacity of 4 TPD, where the town’s waste is systematically collected and processed.
