CS visits Jagti to listen to grievances of Migrants

JAMMU, DEC 7: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today conducted a visit of Jagti Migrant Camp housing Kashmiri Pandits, to take stock of the amenities available there besides listening to the issues raised by the camp inmates there.
Besides the Principal Secretary, Home and DMRR&R Departments the Chief Secretary was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner, Jammu; Commissioner, JMC; SSP, Jammu; Relief Commissioner; Director, School Education Jammu; Director, Health Services, Jammu; Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti and other concerned officers.
During this visit the Chief Secretary went around the Sub-District Hospital and the Higher Secondary School established there. He took first hand appraisal of the facilities being extended to the citizens in these institutions.
On this occasion he directed the hospital authorities to start performing general anaesthesia (GA) based surgeries in the hospital forthwith. He also enjoined upon them to take measures to upgrade the public services in the hospital for the benefit ofall the locals living in and around the camp besides lessening the referrals from this hospital.
While inspecting the Government Higher Secondary School he took note of the staff and subjects taught in this educational institutions. He asked for proper maintenance of the school premises and provisioning of sufficient number of teachers in each subject taught here.
While speaking in the public grievances camp held here he maintained that the government is committed to provide every amenity to the migrants. He made out that the genuine issues raised here would also be resolved in a time-bound manner.
He further addressed them to register themselves under NFSA s this would enable them to receive many other benefits of social security schemes and CSS implemented here.
He assured them that in order to create the Self Employment opportunities for the youth the government is going to held camps here in association with the banks operating here in the UT.
He further reiterated that with the completion of digitization of the credentials of all the migrants, the doors for enumeration under different schemes of GoI would open for them.