Early Times Report
BANDIPORA, Oct 30: Secretary Tribal Affairs, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Monday presided over a Public Darbar cum Grievance Redressal Camp here at Mini Secretariat and took stock of grievances and demands of people.
The event commenced with the Integrity Pledge ceremony on the eve of commencement of Vigilance Week 2023 against the evil practice of corruption wherein all the participants pledged to follow probity and rule of law in all walks of life to neither take nor offer bribe to perform tasks honestly in the public interest.
Deputy Commissioner, Dr Owais Ahmad, briefed the Secretary regarding overall development scenario of the district.
Chairman District Development Council, Abdul Gani Bhat; Vice Chairperson, DDC Kowsar Shafeeq; SSP, Lakshay Sharma; President Municipal Council Bandipora, Basharat Najar, and Nodal Officer Coordination, Mohammad Ashraf Hakak among representatives of various delegations were present on the occasion.
The Public Darbar witnessed overwhelming response from all sections of the society where people apprised Dr Shahid Iqbal of issues being faced by the locals seeking intervention in redressing the same.
DDC Chairman submitted a Memorandum of demands including requirement of manpower in Rural Engineering Wing/RDD, utilization of left over funds from Capex for meeting out the contingencies caused by calamities and disasters etc.
The DDC delegation also demanded bringing different areas of Bandipora including Ketson, Aragam, Surinder besides other areas on tourism map.
The DDC and BDC members put forth the issues concerning their respective areas like compensation for damaged crops, road connectivity in higher reaches, devising of robust mechanism for flood prone and affected areas near water bodies, land for landless families, filling of vacant posts, demands of Blood Bank in CHC Sumbal and early completion of College building in Hajin.
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