Pulwama, October 02: The fortnight-long festival of public service, inclusive governance and community participation “Sewa Parv” culminated Thursday in Pulwama with a grand function organised at Government Degree College for Boys, Pulwama.
The function organised on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti served as a tribute to the life and timeless teachings of the Father of the Nation.
On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Dr. Basharat Qayoom, accompanied by Senior Superintendent of Police, Pulwama, P.D. Nitya, inspected stalls set up by various departments, including Health, Cooperatives, Agriculture, Horticulture, Labour & Employment, Revenue, KVIB, SHGs, Handicrafts & Handloom, J&K Bank, Fisheries, ICDS and Sheep Husbandry.
These stalls functioned as a one-window solution, providing services such as scheme registrations, enrolment, awareness, grievance redressal, and help desks for the general public.
Following the inspection, the DC and SSP also distributed sanction letters, motorised tricycles and various other entitlements among beneficiaries.
A plantation drive was also organised on the occasion in line with the objectives of Sewa Parv.
Meanwhile, DC Pulwama, SSP Pulwama along with district and sectoral officers paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The event also featured a series of cultural performances by students from educational institutions and by the Department of Information & Public Relations, conveying messages of cleanliness, care for the elderly and vulnerable, drug de-addiction, social responsibility and community service while various speakers recalled the life, struggles and teachings of Gandhi ji, underlining their relevance in today’s world.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Qayoom said that Gandhiji’s principles of non-violence, truth, swachhta, swadeshi, social justice, equality, forgiveness and compassion are timeless and universal, and should be adopted not only in our personal lives but also made part of our collective social life.
He stressed that Gandhi’s call for Swadeshi resonates today in the form of the Make in India mission aimed at making the nation self-reliant.
“Every citizen has a role to play in realising Gandhi ji’s this dream of a self-sufficient India,” he added.
DC also highlighted the relevance of Gandhi ji’s advocacy for local self-governance, which today finds expression in the three-tier Panchayati Raj system established across the country.
