Block Diwas activities are in full swing in Rajouri; DDC presides over Block Diwas at Thanamandi ;Public participation is a must in the developmental process: DDC

Panchayat Raj institutions and District Adm to work in cohesion for Socio-Economic Development of the areas

250 revenue documents besides other services provided to the public during the event

RAJOURI, DECEMBER 29: Block Diwas activities are in full swing in Rajouri and a series of activities were organised today in all the blocks of the district to redress public grievances and provide many Govt services at their doorsteps.

District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal today visited Thanamandi and presided over the Block Diwas programme at Thanamandi.

Among the others, SSP, Mohd Aslam; DDC Member Thanamandi, Abdul Qayoom Mir; ADDC, Pawan Kumar; ACD, Sushil Khajuria; Principal GDC Thanamandi, Javed Qazi; DSEO, Bilal Rashid Mir; PO ICDS, Kartar Singh; AC Defence, Saleem Qureshi; DSHO, Dr Safraz Naseem Chowdhary besides other District and Sectoral Officers; PRIs, scores of people from all sections of the society were present during the event.

President MC Thanamandi, Shakeel Mir was also present during the program.

DDC took around and inspected the stalls by different departments at the venue depicting various schemes and programs being implemented in the district for the welfare of the common masses.

Public and their representatives projected several issues and demands of their areas including macadamization of roads, up-gradation of schools, better healthcare facilities, paucity of staff in Government institutions besides other related issues.

Specific issues projected on the occasion included the paucity of staff in CHC Thanamandi, delayed compensation payment of Rajouri-Thanamandi road, smooth traffic movement on Rajouri TMD road to be ensured, exaggerated electricity bills, unscheduled power cuts etc.

Other issues included shortage of water pipes, the inclusion of eligible beneficiaries under SMAS, blacktopping of roads under PMGSY to be expedited, shortage of infrastructure in health institutions, dilapidated condition of the road from Sohra to Shadra and its delayed compensation, sanctioning of old age, widow pension etc.

Public also demanded sanctioning of a super speciality hospital, up-gradation of HS Azmatabad to HSS, inclusion of left out beneficiaries under PMAY, delay in the execution of work on the road from Thanamandi to Mangota, shortage of power transformers, delayed payments under PMAY and MGNREGA, construction of road from Azmatabad to Ratanpir, the road from hasplote to Dhor, construction of a mini revenue complex etc.

Some more issues included strengthening of Panchayat Raj Institutions, shortage of funds under 14 FC, up-gradation of PHC Thanamandi, dissemination of necessary awareness among the public about Govt schemes, progress on construction of PWD Dak Bungalow to be expedited, lack of connectivity at Churung village and other issues.

Some of the issues which were raised during the Programme were refreshed on the spot while DDC directed the Officers to note down and redress the issues at the earliest.

ADDC, Pawan Kumar while speaking during the event threw a detailed light on several schemes and programs launched by the Government for the welfare of the public and motivated them to avail themselves of the benefits of the same.

He also highlighted the measures being taken to strengthen the Panchayat Raj Institutions and urged the PRIs to work with added zeal for the socio-economic development of the people at the grass-root level.

DDC gave a patient hearing to all the issues and demands projected during the program and assured the public that their genuine concerns would be redressed in a phased manner with the intervention of the concerned departments.

Addressing the gathering, the DDC said that the District Administration is working to its full potential to provide all the basic amenities at the doorsteps of the common masses so that they don’t have to visit Govt institutions for getting their works done, instead, the administrative machinery reaches them to provide the same.

Underlining the objective of Block Diwas, he said that these programmes are being organised to take an appraisal of local issues from the general public for accurate and on-ground assessment and redressal of the same thereby providing governance to the public at their doorsteps.

Highlighting the public participation is a must in the developmental process, he urged the public and PRIs to work in tandem with the District Administration to take their areas to new heights of development and prosperity.

Talking about the measures being taken for ensuring better connectivity to the public, the DDC apprised that the work on several connectivity projects is under execution and concrete efforts are being made to ensure the timely completion of the projects.

While replying to water scarcity issues raised by the public, he informed that necessary directions have been passed on to the concerned authorities to take effective and immediate measures to address the problems.

Regarding delayed compensation payments of roads under the PMGSY sector, the DDC directed the concerned officer to ensure that necessary compensation in terms of roads is paid in six months.

For the up-gradation of PHC Thanamandi to the CHC level, DDC assured that he will take up the matter with the concerned authorities.

Calling for strict adherence to COVID related protocols, he appealed to the public to follow COVID appropriate behaviour to avert the imminent threat of the omicron variant of the Covid19. He also urged the public to get themselves vaccinated for COVID19 and ensure that they receive both the jabs timely.

DDC also distributed category certificates and EWS certificates among the beneficiaries. Pertinent to mention here that 250 revenue documents besides other services were also provided to the general public during the event.

The DDC directed all the line departments to ensure on spot services to the public and redressal to the grievances, besides asking them to create mass awareness of all the general welfare schemes so that people can take maximum benefit out of them.

Meanwhile, the DDC also visited the Dairy unit at Dodasan Pain established under the IDDS scheme of the Animal Husbandry Department. While inspecting the dairy unit, he urged the farmers to put in place added efforts to promote milk and milk products in the district; he also assured full support to them from the District Administration in this regard.

It is worthwhile to mention here that similar Block Diwas events as per the roster issued by the DDC Rajouri have been organised at designated places to redress the public grievances and several Govt services have been provided to them at their doorsteps.

During the entire today’s event across the district, various individual services including domicile Certificates, category Certificates, revenue papers, besides grievances were recorded and all are disposed of on spot.