JAMMU, FEBRUARY 09: Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Social Justice and Empowerment, Rattan Lal Kataria today inaugurated Sewa Dham- a Skill Development Center at KPs Migrant Colony, Jagti under ‘Athroot’ initiative.
Advisor to LG Farooq Khan, Member Parliament Jugal Kishore, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Ludhiana, Bathinda and Jammu and Kashmir Binay K Jha; Director General Social Welfare Jammu, Rehana Batul; Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants), J&K, Tej Krishan Bhat; National Organizing Secretary Sewa Bharti Sudhir Ji, representatives from Sewa Bharti, besides locals were also present on the occasion.
Athroot is an initiative by NGO Sewa Bharti Jammu for the Upliftment of the Kashmiri Migrants women, who are residing in different migrant camps situated in and around Jammu. The initiative has been launched to impart training, and create Self Help Groups to empower women and girls in particular, so as to shape their livelihood for a better future. The women are provided vocational training in skills like Embroidery, Stitching, Spice Grinding, Pickle Making, Soap Making, Classical Music, Computer Courses, besides also having a Bal Sanskar Kendra to impart social and moral education among kids. The project is being run under the supervision of Anjali Radhu, a resident of Jagti Township.
Addressing the gathering, Union Minister said that with the abrogation of Article 370 and Section 35A, Jammu & Kashmir will now be on the path of progress and equitable development without any discrimination on the basis of region, religion or caste.
Elaborating on the vision of Union Government for Jammu and Kashmir, he said the union government is committed towards protecting the rights of every citizen, especially the under-privileged sections of society and efforts are being made for their upliftment through special schemes and programmes.
The Minister said that this Skill Development Center is an appreciable initiative which will empower women in becoming independent, besides earning them a livelihood. He appreciated the social welfare works being undertaken by Sewa Bharti in Jammu and Kashmir.
Advisor Khan, congratulating Sewa Bharti on the work being done by them, said that the NGO’s footprint is especially visible in Kashmir region, where the organization has vast social work portfolio and its impact can be observed on the lives of young people associated with it.
Extending his best wishes for the success of the centre, Advisor assured government’s full support to the organization in its social welfare endeavors.
The programme was marked by various cultural performances by young girls – residents of Jagti and Drishti Girls Hostels being run by Sewa Bharti.

BUDGAM, FEBRUARY 09: District Development Commissioner, Budgam Tariq Hussain Ganaie today convened a meeting of officers to review the status Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) implementation in the district.
ADC Budgam, Senior Engineer Hydraulics, CPO, ACR, SDMs, Executive Engineers of PHE, Irrigation and other concerned were present in the meeting.
The meeting was informed that out of 1.10 lakh households without tap water connection 30 thousand have been provided the connection while remaining will be covered by June.
Speaking on the occasion, the DDC directed the concerned to ensure timely completion of ongoing Water Supply Schemes (WSS) to cover pending households under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) by June across the district.
He also directed the concerned to come up with Village Action Plan by consulting Village Level Water and Sanitation Committees.
The DDC directed the concerned for conducting base line survey and uploading the data of FHTCs on the web portal.
He asked the concerned for conduction awareness camps at block levels to ensure that no household is left out.
Earlier, senior Engineer Hydraulics informed the meeting about various departmental activists including IEC. He informed that the department is going to organise a Mega Mela to generate awareness about on Jal Jeevan Mission in the district.

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 08: Secretary, Agriculture Production Department Manzoor Ahmad Lone today chaired a meeting of senior officers of Agriculture department to review the functioning of agriculture sector and the status of expenditure made till date.

The Secretary said that the verification of the ongoing projects will be done by a third party, and directed the officers to complete the languishing projects with proper dedication.

He enjoined upon the officers to provide details of liabilities on account of various ongoing works and their book value created under state capex or Centrally sponsored schemes.

He reviewed the level of expenditure by Chief Agriculture Officers/ Divisional heads and distribution of various farm machinery among the farming community. He further enquired about the readiness of the department for Kharif season 2020 and the distribution of various seeds among the farming community.

In the meeting, district wise status of all the centrally sponsored schemes was sought and distribution of funds and progress of all the schemes was reviewed. The concerned officers were directed to furnish detailed information to administrative department within the shortest possible time.

The Secretary emphasised on officers to provide revised estimates and budget estimates and recurring expenditure.

The meeting was also attended by Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi, Director Sericulture Manzoor Ahmad Qadri, Director Command Area Tassaduq Hussain Mir, Divisional heads, Chief Agriculture Officers and other senior officers of the department.