Shopian, July 11: Commissioner Secretary, Information and Technology, Prerna Puri on Thursday directed the concerned departments to ensure vigorous follow-up on all public grievances and issues highlighted during the public darbar.
“The government is committed to enhancing public services and ensuring an effective and responsive administration for the people of the union territory,” she said while chairing an extensive public outreach programme in south Kashmir’s Shopian to assess and address the public issues and concerns besides reviewing the status of ongoing development works in the district.
Puri underscored the importance of grievance redressal programs in institutionalising an effective output mechanism. “The huge network of online service delivery system in J&K is a phenomenal initiative in furthering good governance goals for the larger public ease and convenience,” the Commissioner Secretary said. She appreciated the district administration in curbing drug menace in the district which has been recognised even at the national level.
The public darbar, being held under the Jammu & Kashmir government’s ambitious initiative to redress public grievances and demands, witnessed the overwhelming participation of locals and various public representatives.
The delegations comprised members from the District Development Council, fruit growers, traders, industrial bodies, cold chain associations, social activists, and youth besides locals who projected various welfare and developmental issues and flagged issues and grievances about different departments.
They raised various issues requiring attention and redressal by the authorities, spanning across different departments. The major developmental issues inter alia included flood protection works along Fruit Mandi, Aglar, provision of insurance cover for apples, push to post-harvesting practices, augmentation of sports and fire services infrastructure, better intra-town transport services and car parking in Shopian town.
They also demanded the revision of the Master Plan for Shopian town, water supply issues, electricity streamlining, filling up of vacant posts in health centres of the district, irrigation facilities and restoration and maintenance of canals, amenities along Mughal Road, tourist promotional events, dedicated Library, establishment of drug rehabilitation centre and other issues.
Deputy Commissioner Shopian, Faz Lul Haseeb, deliberated on various issues highlighted in the previous public outreach camps, which were redressed promptly. DDC members, ADDC, ADC, ACR, SDM, ACP, other district officers, public representatives and locals participated in the programme.
