Jammu, Jan 19: Minister for Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Flood Control Sham Lal Sharma on Saturday directed all the junior engineers in the state as well as the assistant executive engineers in any area to remain in the field for at least three to four days respectively.
 This direction came from Sham Lal in his introduction meeting with the Chief Engineers, Superintending Engineers.
 He instructed that all the field staff wherever they are posted should remain at their headquarters.
 “Action shall be initiated against the officers, who do not comply with instructions,” he said.
 During the meeting, the Minister took serious note regarding leakages in the pipe system, face lifting and cleanliness of PHE operations and proper maintaining of the execution of PHE works.
 He issued strict instructions to the Chief Engineer and the superintending Engineers to plug in all the leakages in distribution system within 15 days and also toning up of all the pumping stations including their face lifting and cleanliness. He also gave instructions to the concerned authorities that dug up work should be not be left open and all excavated pits should be covered.
 Asking the authorities to fulfil the stipulated targets this fiscal, he also directed them to detach the all the attached JEs, AEs and AEEs with immediate effect.

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