COVID-19 outbreak: J&K’s admin provides jobs under MGNREGA to villagers near border areas
In India’s union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Department of Rural Development is providing jobs to people of Panjgrain block in Rajouri District who were facing problems in getting employment due to the coronavirus pandemic.There are 11 panchayats in Panjgrain block, out of which eight are along the India-Pakistan border.The jobs are being provided under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme and it is benefiting daily wage labourers during the coronavirus induced lockdown.Naureen Choudhary, Block Development Office (BDO) of the area, said her department is trying to come up with more work during the COVID-19 pandemic to help the locals sustain themselves in the absence of other employment options.“We have done a lot of work in border areas. We are t...