Day: May 27, 2020

Rajouri,May,27:Continuing the efforts to facilitate the stranded labourers in their interstate movement,the district administration Rajouri under the overall supervision of the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri,Mohammad Nazir Sheikh on wednesday sent a fleet of vehicles carrying 350 labourers, mostly hailing from UP, to Katra from where they shall be transported to their home state in special trains.

Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner has said that to ensure the mitigation of the sufferings of the migrant labourers on a timely basis is the prime responsibility of the district administration and all possible measures are being taken to provide them with the best possible assistance. He also said that labourers play an important role in the development of the nation and the need of the hour is to pay respect to their sincere efforts. He added that the district administration has put in place all the necessary arrangements for the smooth, safe and free of cost journey of the labourers up to Katra.

He also said that a liaison officer has been deputed in each vehicle who is moving with the labourers up to Katra to take care of their needs and to ensure that they don’t feel any inconvenience during their journey and these officers shall report back after dropping the persons at the scheduled place.

Deputy Commissioner said that the process of registration of these labourers in the district has been done by the labour department Rajouri. He also said that all the logistics arrangements in terms of food, drinking water and other essentials have been made by the district administration to facilitate the labourers during their journey.

He also said that these persons are being sent to their home states after proper on-site screening by the specialised Doctors. Deputy Commissioner said that these workers are being sent only after they have registered with the district administration. He also assured that the district administration Rajouri is always with the labour community in this tough time of CoronaVirus crises and all the required steps are being taken and shall be taken in future amid COVID19 to ensure they’re well being.

The labourers on the occasion have expressed towards the administration as going back home finally became possible. They have also praised the district administration for taking care of their demands and needs during the lockdown period in the district. They said that we all migrant labourers from Rajouri are taking with us the idea that district administration Rajouri not only provided them with livelihood resources amid lockdown but also kept their self-respect intact.

Rajouri,May,27:The Deputy Commissioner Rajouri,Mohammad Nazir Sheikh on Wednesday convened a meeting with members of the “District Level Committee for monitoring the implementation of projects of the Tribal Affairs Department” regarding the projects under Tribal Sub Plan here in the Conference Hall of the PD&MD Complex.

The meeting was attended by  Chief Planning Officer,Shama-Un Ahmed,Superintending Engineer PHE,Manish Bhatt,Superintending Engineer PWD,PC Tanoch,Executive Engineer PDD Rajouri,Munshi Khan,Assistant Commissioner Development,Sushil Khajuria,Chief Medical Officer,Dr.Sanjeev Puri,Chief Horticulture Officer,Madan Lal,Livestock Development Officer Rajouri,Dr.Fazal Hussain,District Sheep Husbandry Officer,Dr.Sarfraz Naseem Chowdhary,District Social Welfare Officer,Naseeb Ahmed and concerned Block Development Officers.

The Deputy Commissioner while speaking during the meeting said that TSP aims to bridge the gap between the scheduled tribes (STs) and the general population with respect to all socio-economic development indicators in a time-bound manner along with their protection against exploitation.He added that these crucial projects are designated to provide the area with basic amenities such as roads,water and power supply enhanced healthcare infrastructure besides for skill development of the unemployed youth and generating self- employment avenues for tribal population so that they can have better basic amenities and opportunities to make their life better.

The Deputy Commissioner reviewed the progress with regard to the formulation of DPRs for the cluster Model Villages from the concerned officers.He directed them to submit the DPRs for the projects as soon as possible so that work on them can be started within shortest possible and tribal population can be benefited with these projects.He asked the officers to pay a visit to the villages to be developed as model villages and interact with the general public to know about the requirements of the areas so that planning can be done as per the desire of the tribal population.He directed the concerned officers to ensure the timely monitoring of the implementation of projects of the cluster tribal model villages and milk villages once the work on the project is started.He also asked them to ensure that the funds sanctioned by the Government of India for the completion of the ongoing projects are utilised on a timely basis.