As the State Government’s Back to Village campaign completed four days today, authorities today said it is getting a massive response from people particularly in areas affected by law and order situations or have not been attended to so far due to any administrative exigency.
An official statement said people in Gram Sabhas convened bythe visiting officers shared their feedback about Government schemes with themand sought redressal of their grievances. They also raised issues of urgentattention which could not be factored in the developmental paradigm so far dueto any reason.
“Be it Jurniyal in Gurez, militancy-hit Dadasar(Tral)or Hirpora(Shopian), senior officers are staying put in the areas, listening topublic grievances and assessing the developmental deficit in these areas. Theaim is to bridge the gap between the achievable and achieved goals indevelopment, take governance to doorsteps of rural and inaccessible areas andgenerate credible and empirical feedback. This, it is expected, would help instreamlining the developmental schemes and welfare initiatives of the Governmentto maximize the impact and outreach. The programme is primarily aimed atenergizing the panchayats and directing development efforts in rural areasthrough community participation,” the statement said.
Today Chief Secretary, B V R Subramanyam; PrincipalSecretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon; Secretary,General Administration Department, Farooq Ahmad Lone and other senior officersvisited many far-flung areas, interacted with Panchayat functionaries, listenedto their demands and took an on the spot assessment of the needs of the people.
This unique initiative of the State Government would lasttill June 27.