First leg of ‘Back to Village’—phase II concluded in eight Panchayat Halqas of Srinagar district—constituting Lasjan-A& B of Srinagar block, Panzinara-A& B of Qamarwari block, Khonmoh-A&B of Khonmoh block, and Dara-A and Faqir Gujri-B of Harwan block.During the programme, the constitution day was also observed in these Panchayat Halqas. The visiting officers read preamble and pledge for justice, liberty and equality—which were repeated by the line department officials.The designated officers hold public meetings and brought forth a range of developmental requirements of these areas besides conducting field visits to take stock of works approved under Phase-I of the programme, which was held in June this year.The officers assured the people that their grievances and demands have been compiled and will be presented to the district administration for further action.The people raised several grievances including macadamization of roads, construction of drains, water logging, electricity, drinking water, works under MNREGA, reconstruction of culverts, establishment of additional ration ghats, repair of electric poles, installation of street lights, development of health, educational and playfields infrastructure with the visiting officers.The visiting officer distributed MNREGA job cards among the beneficiaries and briefed the masses about various Government sponsored welfare schemes.On the occasion, officers from various line departments including PDD, PHE, R&B, RDD, Social Welfare, Forest, I&FC, Handicraft, Education, Health, Geology & Mining, FCS&CA and Revenue Department were present.The designated officer, Deputy Director Social Welfare, Zeenat Ara visited Lasjan-A and CEO Sonmarg Development Authority visited LasjanB- Panchayat Halqa Srinagar, Chief Accounts Officer Estate Syed Altaf Hussain visited Khonmoh-A, Deputy Director Finance Shafat Ahamd visited Khonmoh-B, Assistant Commissioner Sails Tax Waseem Raja and Assistant Director Fisheries Zahoor Ahmad Mir visited Panzinara-A and Panzinara-B of Panchayat HalqaQamarwari respectively. While Private Sectary Civil Aviation Mohammad Ashraf Shora visited Dara-A and Assistant Executive Engineer Technical Education Mushtaq Ahmad Bahudur visited Fakir Gujri-B, Panchayat Halqas of Block Harwan.