B2V5 concludes in all the 237 panchayats in Doda on high note
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Many senior Govt functionaries including Pr Secy PDD, meet villagers; Starts new era of rural dev at grass root level.
Doda, November 16: With the culmination of third and last round of Back to Village Phase-5 in 68 Gram Panchayats, the flagship programme of UT Government concluded in the district in all the 237 Gram Panchayats from all the 17 CD Blocks on high note. The Back to Village (B2V) Programme is the flagship public outreach, participation, and feedback programme. During the programme, the Prabhari Officers visit their respective panchayats, stay there for a specific period to interact and obtain feedback from the grass-roots so as to tailor Government efforts in improving the delivery of village-specific services. The B2V Programme is aimed at involving the people and government officials in a joint effort to deliver the mission of equitable development in rural areas.
Many senior government functionaries including Principal Secretary to Government PDD, H Rajesh Prasad; Pawan Singh Rathore, Special Secretary to Govt Hospitality and Protocol Department; Suraj Parkash Rakhwal, Special Secretary DMRR Department; Ms Kanta Devi, Special Secretary, School Education Department; Dr khalid Hussain Malik, JD Employment; Sanjeev Rana, Addl Secretary, J&K AACL; Mohammad Shahid Saleem Dar, Director Forensic laboratory; Dr Tahir Firdous, Addl. Secretary PDD; Sh Pankaj Katoch, Addl. Com. in the Div Com office; Bharat Bhushan CEO IWMP; Yasir Sharief, FA&CAO Skill Dev Deptt. and others, were seen in their alloted Gram Panchayats holding interaction with the PRIs, Public, listening their issues and imparting awareness of government schemes, initiatives, and policies.
Principal Secretary, Power Development Department (PDD), H. Rajesh Prasad, who was Visiting Officer for Chinote panchayat of Bhaderwah block under ambitious ‘Back to Village’ programme phase-V, performed multiple activities with huge public participation of all stakeholders. Prasad conducted special Gram Sabha at panchayat Ghar, Akhrot Bagh, Chinote and took stock of grievances and demands raised by the participants. He issued on spot directions to the concerned officers to prepare a Detailed Project Report for all feasible works projected by the people.
He inagurated many works completed under Capex Budget in the Panchayat and participated in the Cultural program at HS school Mathola.
Visiting/ Prabhari Officers received grand welcome. The designated Visiting/ Prabhari Officers, along with supporting staff and field functionaries of the line departments listened to villagers and prepared Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) as per the wishes of people of the village. The Prabhari Officers also ensured the awareness and saturation of all the government schemes and a detailed report shall be submitted to the government on the aspirations and feedback of the people of their respective panchayats. The VOs were exhorted upon to focus on the penetration of online services in the rural population to expedite the public services delivery in a transparent manner.
The mega outreach programme in Doda, under the unique initiative of the UT Government, was supervised and managed by the District Administration Doda, under the leadership of District Development Commissioner Doda Harvinder Singh.
During the the B2V5 programme, visiting officers held interaction with members of the PRIs and general public. They inspected various government institutions viz Schools, Anganwadi Centres, Ration depots, Health institutions, Patwar khanas, Panchayat Ghars etc. They also visited the sites of ongoing and completd works under MGNREGA, Capex Budget, PMAY, SBM, and other such schemes. Visiting officers also inaugurated and laid foundation stone of some of the important public assets. Visiting officers inspected Amrit Sarovars, interacted with the public especially, youth and created awareness on Self-Employment schemes. Feedback on welfare schemes, services delivery, and the punctuality of officials in the villages was reviewed by the visiting officers. The designated officers also held interactions with the sarpanches, panches, and general public, who brought forth a range of genuine and specific grievances and developmental requirements of their areas.
The resource persons of various departments also educated the public about scores of welfare schemes and programmes being implemented in the district and motivated them to avail the benefits of the same.(TLR)
