Pulwama :The District Administration Pulwama on Tuesday held Block Diwas at Shali Tokna to assess the local issues and listen to the grievances of the people for speedy disposal of the same with the intervention of senior government officers and representatives of Panchayat Raj institutions.
The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary spent the whole day in Tokna and redressed hundreds of grievances on the spot.
Several public issues including road connectivity to uncovered areas, macadamization of interior roads, availability of sports stadium/ playground for youth, establishment of Post office, Boundary wall around higher secondary school, completion of under construction building in HSS, providing of bore well and better drinking water facilities for students and for the whole area, allopathic primary health Centre in the area, establishment of timber sale depot, development of irrigation khul and augmentation of the health infrastructure were projected by the local people and PRIs.
The DC gave a patient hearing to the grievances raised and assured quality disposal of genuine issues in a time-bound manner.
After listening to the local issues, the DC directed the concerned department heads/ officers to resolve the same expeditiously and submit the action taken report before next scheduled block diwas.
The various hurdles and bottlenecks in the social security schemes were also resolved on the spot with the convergence of multiple departments.
He also gave on-the-spot directions for the redressal of many issues of urgent nature as per the competence of concerned Departments.
The DC further added that District Administration is ensuring to provide all facilities to the people at their doorsteps and in this regard necessary instructions are already given to line departments, he added.
On the occasion, Choudhary said that Block Diwas is a regular feature now and appealed to people to become active participants so that the issues of daily importance are redressed in the minimum possible time.
He highlighted the objectives of the various governmental programmes informing the public that these schemes and campaigns are aimed at reaching out to the people for redressal of their grievances and addressing developmental issues.
The DC encouraged the participants to highlight their individual issues also to avoid their visits to government offices.
