Calls for strengthening various wings of Home Deptt
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired a high-level review meeting of Subordinate Departments of Home Department, at Lok Bhavan, Jammu.
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The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary, Deepak Kumar, Director General of Police, Prisons; Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary Home; Santosh D. Vaidya, Principal Secretary, Finance Department; Dr. Mandeep K. Bhandari, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor; Abdul Ghani Mir, Commandant General Home Guards; Alok Kumar, Director Fire and Emergency Services; Brig. Pankaj Chib (Retd), Director Sainik Welfare Department; Om Prakash, Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory (FSL) and other senior officials.
The meeting discussed the Budget and Expenditure position of Prisons, Prosecution, Home Guards/CD & SDRF, Fire & Emergency Services, Forensic Sciences Laboratory, Sainik Welfare, and Advisory Board under PSA in BE 2025-26.
The Lieutenant Governor took a comprehensive review of progress achieved under vital ongoing projects including construction of High Security Prison at Mahanpur Kathua; establishment of Cyber Division at FSL Jammu, up-gradation of Cyber Division at FSL Srinagar and construction of bunkers in border districts of J&K.
He directed for expediting the pace of works and strengthening of various wings of the Home Department through coordinated efforts.
The Lieutenant Governor also instructed for sensitization of prison officers and staff and frequent checking and surveillance of prisons across UT of J&K.
Meanwhile, Sinha, at a high-level meeting today also reviewed the implementation and progress of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan in the UT of Jammu Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor; Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Secretary, Health and Medical Education; Baseer UI Haq Chaudhary, Mission Director, NHM J&K; Deputy Commissioners; Heads of Medical & Health institutions and departments and other senior officials.
Sinha reaffirmed the UT administration’s commitment to the national goal of tuberculosis elimination.
He emphasised on conducting a deep analysis of TB-related cases, and treatment outcomes. He called for seamless inter-departmental coordination and a robust community-based support system to ensure no patient is left behind.
The Lieutenant Governor directed the Health Department and district administrations to ramp-up testing and prioritizing the mapping of vulnerable populations.
He further directed for intensifying door to door IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) campaign to educate the public on symptoms, diagnostics, and the availability of treatment.
District administrations were directed to adopt best practices to achieve the goal of TB Mukt Jammu Kashmir and TB Mukt Bharat.
The meeting also discussed the district-wise status of Treatment Outcome, Presumptive TB Testing Rate, TB Case Notification & Drug-resistant TB Cases, Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) Status, Ni-kshay Mitra Initiative, saturation of Ayushman Bharat Golden cards with special focus on covering all TB patients, incentivisation of ASHAs, implementation of ‘One Patient – One Ni-kshay Mitra’ model, procurements of treatment and testing equipment.
It was informed that J&K has achieved the 99% coverage (28,62,686 individuals) in Vulnerable Population.
Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Secretary, Health and Medical Education gave a detailed presentation on performance of Jammu Kashmir on various parameters under National TB Elimination Programme. He also presented an Action Taken Report on directives passed in the previous meeting.
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