DC Rajouri asks for coverage of eligible beneficiaries under the Forest Right act

RAJOURI, DECEMBER 31: District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal today asked for doubling the efforts for expediting the progress of FRA claims for universal coverage of eligible beneficiaries under the act.

He was chairing a meeting of the District Level Committee while reviewing the progress made so far concerning the disposal of the claims under the Forest Right Act in the district.

The meeting was attended by the DFO Rajouri, Arshdeep Singh; DFO Nowshera, Neelima; ADC Rajouri, Sachin Dev Singh; ADC Kalakote, Krishan Lal; ADC Sunderbani, Vinod Kumar Behnal; ADC Nowshera, Sukhdev Singh Sambayal; ADC Koteranka, Surinder Mohan Sharma; ACR, Tahir Mustafa Malik; CPO, Mohammad Khurshid; SDM Thanamandi, Vikas Dhar; ACD, Sushil Khajuria; ACP, Abdul Rashid Kohli; ExEn Jal Shakti Rajouri, Mushtaq Ahmed besides other concerned officers attended the meeting.

BDC Chairperson Qila Darhal, Khalid Firdoz was also present in the meeting.

While reviewing the progress, the DDC also directed the ADCs and SDM to expedite the disposal of FRA claims pending at their level besides asking them to provide full support to FRCs for disposal of the pending cases.

While taking note of the delay in convening Gram Sabhas, he asked the ACP to ensure that gram sabhas are held regularly so that maximum claims are settled at the earliest.

Asking for adopting a coordinated approach for its effective implementation, he emphasized upon the concerned departments to work in synergy to obtain desired results within the fixed time frame.

He also asked the concerned officers to generate mass awareness among the general public about the Forest Right Act and ensure that no eligible beneficiary is left out from availing the necessary benefits under the act.