In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary School Education and Skill Development, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon who is also In-charge Secretary for Monitoring Developmental Works, Bandipora attended the ‘Jan Sunwai Muhim’ as part of the 21-day Jan Abhiyan Campaign.
Dozens of delegations called on Dr Samoon during the Jan Sunwai campaign and apprised him about various issues and grievances. He listened to the people patiently and assured them that priority will be given to the redressal of their grievances.
Dr Samoon said that timely disposal of public grievances has been the priority of present dispensation for which this outreach programme has been started.
He said the Jan Abhiyan and Back to Village programme have been launched with the purpose to reach out to the people at their doorsteps, to listen to the grievances of the people, assess the local developmental needs at grassroots level, examine the demands and provide feasible solutions.
Later, Principal Secretary also chaired a meeting of officers to review the developmental activities in the Bandipora district and also inspected several developmental works in the district as part of the Jan Abhiyan campaign.
Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad; Superintendent of Police, Rahul Malik; Chief Engineer R&B, Showkat Ahmad Pandith; Chief Engineer Jal Shakti Iftikhar Ahmad Wani; Chief Engineer PMGSY, Rafiq Ahmad Rafiq; Additional Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Zahoor Ahmad Mir; Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Reyaz Ahmad Beigh; SE Hydraulic Circle, Baramulla Hakim Firdous; SE PDD, Hilal Ahmad Shiekh; SE KPDCL Muneer Ahmad Mir; Xens, Joint Director Planning Imtiyaz Ahmad, District Officers and other senior officers of the district were present on the occasion.
On the occasion, DDC Bandipora gave a detailed account of various developmental works undergoing in different sectors and briefed the chair about the progress on implementation of several projects besides discussing the issues that hinder the pace of work.
Dr Samoon who is also in-charge Secretary district Bandipora directed the officers of various departments to explore possibilities in the district that can provide more job avenues to the people of the district.
While reviewing various sectors, he urged the officers to work in close coordination so that the bottlenecks that hinder the implementation of works, are removed at earliest. He said health and education sector is priority and special attention needs to be paid to develop these two sectors.