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| All arrangements in place for 4th outreach programme to be held in Srinagar | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: All arrangements, including security measures, are in place for the 4th Parliamentary Outreach Programme being held in Srinagar on Tuesday.
Officials said on Monday that theme of the programme is "Parliamentary Outreach Programme for the Empowerment
of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI)".
They said Lok Sabha (LS) Speaker Om Birla, who arrived here on Sunday, will Inaugurate the Outreach Programme for the Empowerment of PRI of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) UT on tomorrow.
Birla inaugurated and attended similar outreach programme, third in the country, in Leh on August 27, where 195 panchayat members participated.
The outreach programme is being held after 14 Parliamentary Committees with over 300 Members visited J&K UT during the past about one month.
Officials said that the outreach Programme is a Unique Initiative of Birla intended to strengthen Institutions of Governance & Planning at grass-root level
Besides Birla, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh; Lt Governor (LG) Mamnoj Sinha; Union Minister of State, Prahlad Singh Parel; Members of Parliament (MPs); Former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Nirmal Kumar Singh and other eminent dignitaries will grace the occasion they said.
First of its kind Programme in J&K, it is intended to strengthen the institution of governance and planning at the grass-root level.
The first such Outreach Programme was organized at Dehradun, in the State of Uttarakhand on January 8, 2021. The Programme was physically attended by 445 Panchayat representatives. In addition, approximately 40,000 Panchayat representatives and officials were connected to the programme online via web link, they said.
The second Outreach Programme was organized at Shillong on February 26, 2021 for the State of Meghalaya and other North Eastern States. Around 115 members of the local bodies of North Eastern States physically attended the programme. Besides, a large number of participants from all of the North Eastern States joined the programme through online mode.
The third such programme in the series was recently organized for the grass root level institutions of the Union Territory of Ladakh on August 27, 2021. Around 195 number of Panchayat representatives attended the programme.
Officials said the programme is to create reate mass awareness, mass participation, create self confidence and self respect for the ground level leaders, creation of sense of ownership of the assets that have been created, fuelling the ambitions for grass root political leaders for democratic values, creating the awareness about the various schemes and the doorstep delivery - opportunities for development work and opportunity to develop a network and push the aspirational level of the ground level leadership.
Official said besides attending outreach programme, Birla will also visit Pahalgam and Gulmarg to meet the Panchayat representatives.
Officials said delegates have already started arriving at Srinagar for the programme.
Official sources said that though security forces are already on high alert, a fresh advisory has been issued to field commanders to remain alert to foil any attempt by Anti National Elements (ANE) to cause any disturbance.
Security forces could be seen deployed on both sides of the roads in the civil lines besides patrolling on the bank of the Dal Lake. |
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