PULWAMA: Union Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma today visited Panchayat Halqa Gangoo to attend the Jan Abhiyan Sabha held under the fourth phase of the Government’s unique Back to Village programme.
The fourth phase of the Back to Village program (B2V4) began today across 190 Panchayats of district Pulwama during which a series of activities were carried out.
The Minister held an interaction with local people of Panchayat Halqa Gangoo at Govt Boys High School and listened to their issues in presence of visiting officer to the area, Controller Legal Metrology Majid Khalil, District Development Commissioner Baseer ul Haq Chowadry, SSP Ghulam Jeelani, and other district officers.
On the occasion, sarpanch of Halqa Gangoo along with locals raised various demands including the construction of PHC, overhead water reservoir, upgradation of High School, construction of playground and adequate drinking water facility, etc.
Addressing the locals, the Minister impressed upon the people to avail benefits of various employment generation schemes such as JKREGP and PMEGP and other schemes like PM-KISAN, PMUY and PMAY.
He also briefed the local populace about the importance and benefits of the Back to Village programme. He said that programs like these have a great impact as they report grassroots issues of the people of the rural area firsthand. The aim of the B2V program is to get feedback from the common masses about government-sponsored schemes and to find out whether they are implemented in letter and spirit or not.
