Shopian, Oct 29: Secretary Tribal Affairs, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Saturday visited Shirmal Panchayat in Shopian district as Visiting Officer under ongoing ambitious “Back to Village” programme to assess the development issues and needs of the Panchayat.
He interacted with representatives of PRs and locals to take stock of their issues concerning welfare and development of their respective areas. He listened to the issues raised by the participants on the occasion assuring them an early redressal of the same.
Secretary, while interacting with the people, outlined the essence of ‘Back to Village’ Programme saying that the sole motive behind launching this people friendly initiative is to ensure that not even a single person is deprived of the benefit of development schemes. He emphasized upon the people to ensure their proactive engagement with the district administration in taking the development profile of the district to new highs.
He said that Government’s Ambitious Outreach Programme intends to enable people to voice their issues more freely at their doorsteps.
Shahid sought feedback from the general public on the effectiveness of welfare schemes as well developmental activities being executed in their respective areas. He lauded the district administration for achieving tangible results on development front.
Secretary also interacted with DDC Chairperson, DDC members and local people and listened to their issues and other developmental needs of the Panchayat.
DDC, Chairperson, Bilqees Jan, District Development Commissioner, Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, SSP Shopian, Tanushree, JD Planning, Khursheed Ahmed Khatana, DDC members, district officers and people in large number participated in the programme.
