DC Poonch reaches out to residents of far flung areas
5 Dariya News
Poonch 25-Oct-2017
In his efforts to cover every nook & corner of the district especially far off regions to redress the grievances of people at their doorsteps, Deputy Commissioner, Tariq Ahamad Zargar today held a public grievances redressal camp at Swajian Gagriaan in remote area of tehsil Mandi.The Camp was attended by Program officer ICDS, General Manager Industry, CEO Tourism, ASP Poonch, ACD, Executive Engineers of PWD,PHE,PDD, district Sheep& Animal Husbandry Officer, District Agriculture Officer, District Social Welfare Officer, AD FCS & CA besides all sectoral & tehsil level officers and officials were also present.People from different panchayats including Sawjian, Baidaar, Atoli, Danugam, Banlai and Chamber Kanari attended the camp.During the day long interaction, the people of these areas appreciated the efforts of DC to attend to the unattended and left out areas and also for providing quality governance at their door steps.People put forth their grievances & requested the DC to take necessary steps for their early redressal. Their grievances ranging from poor telecommunications network, bad shape of roads, installation or repairing of pipes, scarcity of drinking water, opening of bank branch, providing solar lights, proper installation of new electric poles & transformer's to upgrade power infrastructure, renovation of panchyat ghars, immediate release of MGNERGS payments were brought forth.
The people also informed the DDC that the education system in the area is at verge of collapsing because of inadequate teaching staff.They also pleaded for providing doctors & supportive staff & required medicines in different health institutions of the area besides release of relief for the families who suffered badly in shape of injuries to human lives , live stocks & property because of shelling across the LoC.Other issues including blacktopping of Gali Maidan to Khait road, early completion of 3km stretch of Rangwad to budha pathar road connecting Tangmarg of Kashmir valley, opening of examination center for class X& XII, opening of ration depot at Gali Maidan, inclusion of deserving souls in BPL category, compensation for land acquired for road projects, early enrollment under Aadhaar and construction of bunkers were also raised. On the occasion the officers responded to the demands of the people and informed the camp about the status of ongoing welfare schemes & other developmental projects being operationalised in the area. The officers also informed about resources available with them & bottlenecks coming in way of redressing public issues.While speaking DC asked the officers to make best use of available resources by prioritizing the projects according to the wishes of the people. He assured the people that all issues which were raised will be looked into and directed the officers to fixed time line for resolving the same.He also assured them that other issues will be projected to concerned authorities for early redressal.