B2V-5 successfully concludes at Anantnag

Huge public participation reflected the success of programme

ANANTNAG, November 14: The second round of phase fifth of the government’s ambitious Back to Village (B2V5) programme concluded successfully today in Anantnag.

The programme witnessed huge public participation across all areas reflecting the success of the programme and high expectations of the people in the UT of J&K and District Administration in bringing a positive change for progress, development, and prosperity of the region.

The visiting officers (VOs) today along with supporting staff and field functionaries of the line departments listened to villagers participating in the Gram Sabhas and prepared the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) as per their wishes.

The Prabhari Officers also ensured the awareness and saturation of all the government schemes. They submitted the report of their visit, aspirations, and feedback of the people, in a designated portal and also submitted a hard copy of the same in the district level cell created for the compilation of the data/ reports.

The VOs exhorted upon the penetration of online services in the rural population to expedite the public services delivery in a transparent manner.

The VOs inspected various government institutions viz. schools, Anganwadi Centres, Ration depots, Health institutions, Patwar khanas, Panchayat Ghars etc. They also visited the sites of ongoing and completed works under MGNREGA, Capex Budget, PMAY, SBM, and other such schemes. Interaction meetings with the general public especially, youth, awareness on Self-Employment schemes, Feedback on welfare schemes, services delivery, and the punctuality of officials in the villages was reviewed by the visiting officers.

The resource persons of various departments also educated the public about scores of welfare schemes and programmes being implemented in the district and motivated them to avail the benefits of the same. The mega outreach programmes in Anantnag under the unique initiative of the UT Government, is being supervised and managed by the District Administration Anantnag under the leadership of District Development Commissioner (DDC) Anantnag, SF.Hamid.

Officers said that the B2V-5 programme is aimed to involve the general public and government officials in a joint effort to deliver the mission of equitable development in rural areas.

Officers on the conclusion of the B2V-5 programme in Anantnag said that the Administration is committed to implementing the proposed developmental projects and ensuring that the benefits reach the intended beneficiaries.