New Delhi Oct 7 (IANS) Delhi government s Public Works Department has directed its officials to quickly dispose of Right To Information applications and first appeals.
The directives were issued at a meeting held last week which was chaired by PWD s Chief Engineer Umesh Chandra Mishra according to the minutes of the meeting made public on Sunday.
"It was informed that there is a huge pendency of RTI applications awaiting reply from PIO (Public Information Officers) on the online RTI portal of PWD. Similarly a number of first appeals are also pending for disposal with various FAAs (First Appellate Authorities) " the minutes of the meeting showed.
A training session was organised in August for PIOs/APIOs to help them understand the functioning of the RTI portal.
"However the pendency of RTI applications is still very large " it added.

--IANS nks/shs/sed