Excelsior Correspondent
KARGIL, June 21: In order to take stock of the developmental needs of the people and to listen to their issues and grievances besides to interact with the PRI members and villagers of various Gram Panchayats, Divisional Commissioner Ladakh Saugat Biswas today conducted a tour of Sankoo Sub Division.
He was accompanied by the Sub Divisional Magistrate Sankoo Ghulam Mohiuddin Wani besides other concerned officers.
The Div Com interacted with the Sarpanchs, Panchs, Namberdars and villagers at different Panchayat Ghars in various Gram Panchayats including Saliskote, Lankarchey, Nagma Kousar Sankoo and inquired about the developmental needs and grievances of people in these areas.
Biswas also took brief from the officers deployed to different Gram Panchayats about compilation of data regarding the urgent public demands, overall assessment of public services, level of planning as well as the developmental needs of the people in terms of the availability of drinking water, power facilities, healthcare, education, economy, public distribution system empowerment of women and other related aspects.
Speaking on the occasion, the Div Com said that through Back to Village program the Government aims to empower the grassroots Panchayats and to strengthen the functioning of the PRIs to ensure effective service delivery to people at their doorsteps.
He instructed the officers to perform their allotted responsibilities with zeal and commitment while assessing the developmental needs of the people and recording the factual data which would form the basis to identify the bottlenecks and to pave way for fruitful and valuable implementation of schemes on ground.
Biswas also met a number of public delegations from Nagma Kousar, Thangdumbur, Thasgam, Thuina and adjoining villages at PWD Rest House Sankoo and listened to their grievances and demands.
The delegations projected a number of demands which included establishment of Additional DC office, Degree College, opening up of SKUAST Branch and Fire Services Centre, repair of water supply scheme of Sankoo town, blacktopping of Sankoo Umba Road, deployment of Physician, Orthopedician and Surgeon at Community Health Centre Sankoo on rotation basis, early start of work on languishing projects, repair of irrigation khuls, up gradation of schools, deployment of lecturers and teachers and other related demands.
Meanwhile, the Div Com also inspected Community Health Centre (CHC) Sankoo and took stock of the healthcare facilities available to patients in the health institution. He went round various section of the health centre and inquired from the officers about its overall functioning.
Councillor Sankoo Aga Syed Ahmed Razvi, Councillor Thasgam Abdul Rahim, Block Medical Officer(BMO) Sankoo Dr Munawar Hussain Wazir were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, the Div Com also visited the Off Site Satellite Campus of Kashmir University and Jawahar Navodaya Vidayalaya (JNV) Kargil and took first hand appraisal of the functioning of these educational institutions in terms of the roll of students, availability of staff and infrastructural requirements, result percentage and other related aspects.
He interacted with the faculty members and students and urged upon them to strive hard to further strengthen the standard of education in these educational institutions.
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