Srinagar Nov 1: A Belgium bases organization has hailed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his ‘visionary leadership and prompt response’ to the demands of people and paying attention to their basic needs.
 In its recent report Belgium Association for Solidarity with Jammu and Kashmir has described Omar a young, hardworking and honest leader.
 The report said that the Chief Minister was facing multiple challenges including eradication of corruption, improvement in the functioning of administration, up-gradation of educational system and healthcare besides tackling terrorism.
 A team of the ‘Think-Tank’ of Belgium Association led by Paul Beers mans during his visit to the state recently had met a cross section of people here including separatist groups, mainstream political parties and other leaders of different shades of opinion.
 “It is worth to mention here that the initiatives taken by the Chief Minister in the educational sector to upgrade the skills of youth and enhance their employability are being appreciated widely. The creation of new 32 polytechnic colleges, 23 degree colleges and 50 ITIs across the State to give new dimension to the educational sector in the State besides strengthening primary education are glaring measures taken during the last about three years by the Omar-led Government in the State,” the report says.
 Similarly creation of Information Commission under Right to Information Act, strengthening of Accountability Commission and making it functional besides measures taken to convert Vigilance Organizations into Vigilance Commission and initiating e-tendering and e-procurement in public service departments, have been seen measures to tackle corruption in the State by the analysts.

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