Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 23: District Development Commissioner Udhampur, Krittika Jyotsna today inaugurated 3-day historic Sankri Devta Mela amidst beating of drums and festivity in Village Meer Tehsil Panchari of district Udhampur.
DDC Member, Jasvir Singh; BDC Panchari, Jeevan Sharma; ASP Udhampur, Anwar Ul Haq; Executive Engineer, JPDCL, Javed Hussain; Mela Office Tehsildar Panchari, Vipan Kumar and other senior officers were present on the occasion.
After inaugurating the mela, the DDC took a round of stalls installed by the Departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries, Health, Tourism, RDD for generating mass awareness regarding different schemes.
The DDC called upon the officers to put in sincere and dedicated efforts to make the general public aware about the different Central and UT Government sponsored schemes, tailored especially for upliftment of rural people.
DDC member Panchari-Moungri thanked the district administration for extending full support for organizing the mela. He said that pilgrims, tourists and people of all beliefs come from different places of the district and outside the UT to be a part of the mela.
Earlier, the DDC Udhampur also paid obeisance at the Sankri Devta Temple and prayed for the peace and prosperity of the people of the district.
District Administration has made elaborate arrangements for smooth conduct of the Mela like uninterrupted power, safe drinking water, sanitation, medicare, Police Control Room, Assistance Booth and security.
On the occasion, the Youth Services and Sports Department Udhampur organized rural sports and cultural activities with the involvement of school students of the area.
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