First Phase of B2V4 concludes in Kupwara district, 129 Gram Panchayats covered

KUPWARA : First phase of Back to Village 4 (B2V4) concluded today in 129 Gram Panchayats of 24 blocks of Kupwara district with great satisfaction.

The designated Visiting Officers along with supporting staff and Government functionaries stayed 2 days and one night in respective Gram Panchayats. The visiting officers received first hand information from the PRIs and people regarding developmental works and prepared proposals for the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) as per the wishes of people of the village.

During the 2 day course of stay in Gram Panchayats, the visiting officers approached all people from different walks of life and distributed various items among them as a goodwill gesture from the Government.

Visiting Officers distributed Carom boards among old age persons, sports kits among youth and baby care kits among lactating mothers. Moreover, awareness was disseminated to the people regarding individual beneficiary oriented schemes, besides, other developmental and welfare measures.

District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kupwara, Doifode Sagar Dattatray himself visited various Gram Panchayats of the district to personally monitor the proceedings of the ambitious Back to Village Programme. He was accompanied by ACD Kupwara, Hilal Ahmad Mir and other concerned officers.

The DDC visited Gram Panchayat Trehgam where he interacted with PRIs, youth and the public and heard their day to day developmental issues. The DDC distributed sports kits among youth, baby care kits among lactating mothers and Carom boards among old aged persons.

The DDC also took stock of the ongoing developmental works in the area.

He expressed satisfaction over the large-scale public participation in the programmes across the district and said that the B2V4 exercise will provide a strong database for sustainable development of the district.

He said that Visiting Officers were already given directions to sensitize people for the option of new and innovative schemes with special attention to employment generation in the Gram Panchayats. He said 15 educated unemployed youth are being identified in each Gram Panchayat for setting up their self-employment generating units with complete facilitation from the Administration under single window management system.

He further said that 20 more youth, in each Gram Panchayat, are being identified during the B2V4 proceedings under Himayat Scheme through various employment generation schemes.

The DDC said that the first phase concluded today with a good public response. He urged upon the public to participate vehemently in next two phases and register their demands before the visiting teams. He said the 2nd phase of the Back to Village Programme fourth shall commence from 31st October and the final phase shall start from 2nd November.

He said that representatives from Revenue department have been deployed to the Panchayats to brief the people regarding Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigraani, land passbooks and other e-services being provided by the Revenue department. He said that awareness regarding other G2C services will also be provided.

During the B2V4 programme, the visiting officers were seen interacting with members of the Gram Sabha. Discussion on GPDP formulation, distribution of land passbooks, inspection of public offices and inspection of works taken up under various CSS, B2V and other schemes, inspection of Amrit Sarovar projects, awareness on Self Employment scheme, feedback on welfare schemes were some of the activities in vogue in various Panchayats of the district.

The visiting officers documented all the grievances projected by the people during the 2 days of first phase and assured them of early redressal of their genuine issues and demands.

The frontline workers of different departments present on the occasion replied to the queries raised by the public pertaining to their sectors.