DC Bpr presides over mega Public Grievance redressal camp at Arin
BANDIPORA: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora Dr. Owais Ahmed on Wednesday presided over a mega grievance redressal camp at ShokBaba area of Arin Block as part of Good Governance Week.
The Grievance Redressal camp was attended by Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Bandipora, Ali Afsar Khan; JD Planning, Imtiyaz Ahmad; DDC member Arin and senior officers from District Administration.
The camp witnessed participation of large public gatherings along with PRIs and beneficiaries of various Government sponsored schemes.
Locals and people from adjoining areas, led by representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions, put forth their issues and demands regarding basic amenities and different services.
The DDC member Arin also put forth various issues of public importance before the chair and demanded organising Jashn e Surrinder in the area to promote tourism activities.
The DC after patiently listening to the issues and grievances of the public passed on spot directions for their redressal and directed the officers to redress the genuine public grievances on priority.
Dr. Owais said Administration is committed towards Good Governance in order to ensure prompt and efficient public grievance disposal and improved service delivery to people.
He said under Har Ghar Jal programme of JJM, 60 lakh gallon filtered water will be provided to people of Bandipora by the end of March 2023.
The DC urged the public to take extra care of cleanliness in the area and work in coordination with administration for tourism promotion in the area.
During the programme, Golden cards, Artisan cards, e-Shram cards and land passbooks were distributed among beneficiaries.
The programme also witnessed speeches by various speakers regarding drug De-addiction and ill effects of drug abuse.
During the grievance redressal camp, a mega free health camp was also organised by Health Department Bandipora.
The DC appreciated the efforts of the health department for conducting such camps in far-off places of the district. He asked them to conduct more such camps in far flung areas of the district to provide the service to the people at their doorsteps.
Later, the DC Bandipora inspected the ongoing work of Water Supply Scheme (WSS) Kunan Babgund executed by Jal Shakti Department.
Executive Engineer Jal Shakti apprised the DC that the water supply Scheme (WSS) Babgund Konan is being executed at an amount of Rs 3.36 cr under NRDWP/JJM programme.
Regarding the capacity of the scheme, he informed that the scheme has Plant Capacity of 1.0 lac gallon, SR capacity 45000 gallon, slow sand filtration plant capacity of 1.0 Lac gallon and SR capacity 50,000.
He informed that 80 percent work on the scheme is complete which will cater three villages of Kunan, Babagund and partly Madar.
The DC on the occasion passed instructions to the executing agency to complete pending work as early as possible for smooth commissioning of WSS.
Dr. Owais on the occasion directed concerned officers to ensure that all work is carried out as per the approved plan.
While underlining the importance of JJM scheme for providing drinking water supply in adequate quantity of prescribed quality to every household on regular and long-term basis, Dr. Owais stressed upon officers to ensure implementation of JJM schemes as a top priority.
The DC was accompanied by Joint Director Planning Imtiyaz Ahmad, Executive Engineer Jal Shakti Syed Fida Hussain Rizvi and other senior officers.
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