Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Department, Talat Parvez Rohella on Sunday asked Sarpanchs and members of urban local bodies (ULB) to be resourceful and manageable to enrich the grassroots level democratic institutions.
He said this in his interaction with president Municipal Council Kishtwar, BDC chairpersons and Sarpanchs of the district. The elected representatives apprised him about the bottlenecks faced by them in the implementation of policies and schemes in their areas.
Earlier, on the second day of his tour here, the Commissioner Secretary inspected various educational institutions here and took stock of the infrastructural and ongoing developmental works being executed by various agencies in these learning centers. During the tour, the Secretary inspected the pace of work on College Auditorium being constructed by R&B and 50-bed SC Hostel being constructed by JKPCC near GDC Campus. He announced introduction of music and psychology subjects and three new posts for the college, which he said have been approved on the demand of the students. He said the two posts have been created for the new subjects and the students would be able to opt for these subjects from the next session. He said one post of Assistant Professor has been sanctioned for the IT stream.