LEH, INDIA (Smart Cities News): On 2nd August 2021, the Principal Secretary of Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, UT Ladakh, Dr Pawan Kotwal, today commencement a meeting to discuss projects for setting up of Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre (SDGCC) under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ladakh on the pattern of SDGCC in the State of Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Nagaland already set up by the UNDP.
During the meeting, a detailed presentation was presented by UNDP’s (United Nation Development Programmes) team on the SDG (Sustainable Development Goal)/Localization & Integration of India. The biggest challenge is the shortage of workforce. While emphasizing workforce management, he added that distributing assets and creating cadres is an important issue as far as UT Ladakh is concerned said Dr Pawan Kotwal.
Briefing about the way forward for SDGs in Ladakh, Principal Secretary was appreciated. The aim would be to strengthen capacities to have a long-term impact on policies and programmes, build partnerships and generate resources to achieve the goals, and track the progress of the SDGs through project and data monitoring. Besides that, the aim would also be to create awareness and participation among all stakeholders, localize SDGs to the grassroots by integrating SDG planning from GP/VDC/VCDC level and strengthen institutional structure for achieving the SDGs.
Dr Pawan Kotwal requested the team to submit the timelines of the project and the action plan within a day so that the approval of the competent authority could be obtained and the SDGCC will choose for the UT of Ladakh at the earliest.
Shri Preet Pal Singh, Chief Conservator of Forest, Ladakh, Shri Srikant Suse, Deputy Commissioner /CEO, LAHDC, Leh; Shri Santosh Sukhadeve, Deputy Commissioner /CEO, LAHDC, Kargil; Shri Pankaj Raina, OSD to LG; Chief Planning Officers, Leh/Kargil and Deputy Directors Planning also attended this meeting.