The third and final leg of Back to Village phase- II programme begins today across 48 Panchayats of 3 Blocks of Kathua district, including border block Marheen of Hiranagar sub division.A number of activities were held in different Panchayats including plantation drives, Gram Sabhas, inspection of Government institutions, Government assets, water bodies.Interaction were also held with PRI representatives, frontline Government functionaries and prominent citizens by the visiting officers to discuss and deliberate upon the core problems/issues being faced by the villagers, ways to resolve them besides finding methods to increase rural incomes.The visiting officers also inspected the ongoing development projects in the villages and obtained feedback from the locals about follow up of B2V1 activities.In border block Marheen, the DDC, O P Bhagat along with ACD, Sukhpal Singh and SDM Hiranagar, Suresh Sharma visited several Panchayats including Pansar, Chak Bhagwana, Bobiya, Haripur, Chak Gopala and Chak Chabba to take stock of grievances of border dwellers which were mainly related to construction/repair of lanes, drains, bunkers and road connectivity projects.The DDC and the officers of concerned department who were present on the occasion listened patiently to the issues of border dwellers and assured them that all their demands will be looked after in a time bound manner.