DDC asked to paint shops white under ongoing initiative of face-lifting of Rajouri town.

Shyam Sood
Rajouri March 22:–Under the ongoing initiative of the district administration for the ‘face-lifting’ of the district, especially Rajouri town, Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DDC has directed the concerned officials to take special measures.
“Keeping the surroundings neat and clean is the foremost duty of every citizen and the need of an hour is to work in tandem to make the district neat, clean, green, and smart,” said DDC.
He asked the officials of Food Safety to make sure that the inner and the outer walls of all the shops being operated in the district are painted with white polish and got repaired.
“Ensure cleanliness and sanitation in all the restaurants in the town besides to ensure that every restaurant has a functional toilet facility and valid license to operate” DDC said.
Install hoardings at specific locations to spread awareness among the general public about the benefits of cleanliness and sanitation, healthy food habits, and the harmful effects of unhygienic food on Health.
DDC asked FCS&CA and Food Safety officials/officers to conduct market checking on a routines basis to inspect the sanitary condition of the shops and strictly enforce the market rates.
“Also conduct surprise checking of the campus of the JK Police, Army and BSF to ensure that quality food is provided to the employees working in these departments” DDC said.
DDC also asked Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to vaccinate all the shopkeepers and the persons working in the shops to avoid the risk of the COVID19 infection.
Chief Education Officer (CEO) was instructed to provide the list of 25 schools from where the ‘Eat Right India Movement’ ,a massive movement by the Government of India to improve public health in India and combat negative nutritional trends to fight lifestyle diseases.
DDC also asked CEO and the Project Officer, ICDS to ensure that quality food is served to the students and children in schools and Anganwadi centres.
DDC asked Project Officer, ICDS, and Chief Medical Officer to organise special training sessions for the ASHA and Anganwadi workers and make them aware of the benefits of cleanliness and sanitation in life to spread this message in the entire society.
The meeting was also joined by Sher Singh, Additional DC; Shamim-un-Nisa,CMO; Liakat Choudhry, Additional SP; Kartar Singh, PO, ICDS; Gulzar Hussain,CEO & Muzzafar Mir, AD, FCS&CA,Narinder Kumar,DIO.