DC Rajouri visits LoC Panchayats during Back2village Program* Distributes Setup boxes to border residents and sports equipment to students_

Rajouri,June,24:- Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad today visited Kalsian,Dabberpotha,ManglaDevi and some other Panchayats during the Back2village programme and assessed the implementation of the programme at panchayat level.

During the visit the DDC interacted with sarpanches panches ,senior citizens who apprised him about the issues confronting them.DDC also interacted with the visiting officers and assessed the specific economic potential of the villages and employment opportunities and also acquainted people with various schemes and programmes of the Government which primarily meant for the poor people.

While speaking on the occasion DDC said that the initiative Back2Village envisage taking the Administration at the doorstep of the rural population and involving them in the planning and decision making process.The aim is to bridge the gap between the achievable and achieved goals in development, take governance to the doorsteps of rural and inaccessible areas and generate credible and empirical feedback .This feedback will later play an important role in formulation of scheme and it’s effective implementation at the grass root level. The programme is primarily aimed at energizing the panchayats and directing development efforts in rural areas through community participation,thus strengthening the PRI.

DDC advised the sarpanches,panches ,senior citizens who were present that concerted effort should be done at the panchayats level to conserve water bodies,forest areas and try to make the panchayats polythene and plastic free.He also advised that a rational planning approach is need of the hour keeping in view the resources of the panchayat.

DDC also informed that numerous initiatives are underway in respect of water and Power supply augmentation.

Meanwhile DDC also inaugurated a number of developmental works in the block Nowshera and seri and distributed set up boxes to the border residents and sports equipment to the students.

It is pertinent to mention here that the panchayats witnessed positive response of the people towards the pro people Programme and came forward and actively participated with the visiting officers,which is an important ingredient of participatory planning process.

DDC was accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner,Nowshera Sukhdev Singh Sanyal,Chief Education Officer,MA Rather,EXN PDD Munshi Khan,EXN PHE Sunil Koul,Disty Panchayt officer ,Abdul Khabir and other officer of revenue and other departments.