Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Monday chaired the Annual General Meeting of the Indian Red Cross Society, J&K UT and reviewed its functioning, activities and future roadmap, an official press release informed.
It said the meeting was attended by Dr Mandeep K Bhandari, Principal Secretary to LG; Shubhankar Pratyush Pathak, general secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, J&K; deputy commissioners (presidents of District Red Cross Units), and officials of IRCS, J&K.
The LG, who is the President of the Indian Red Cross Society, J&K UT, directed the Deputy Commissioners to intensify resource mobilisation and explore innovative avenues for fund generation to further strengthen humanitarian and welfare activities of the Red Cross Society.
He further directed them to prepare comprehensive district-wise annual activity plans, identifying priority areas and interventions, and submit the same for effective implementation.
Emphasising the need to take Red Cross services closer to the people, the LG called for greater outreach in far-flung and border areas.
He advised the Deputy Commissioners to explore opening diagnostic centres in remote areas, particularly at places where people have to travel long distances to reach hospitals and access essential healthcare services.
The LG called for intensifying coordinated efforts towards the complete elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) and ensuring effective identification, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of TB patients at the grassroots level.
The LG stressed that the Red Cross Society must further strengthen its humanitarian role and expand its activities to ensure timely assistance and essential services reach vulnerable and needy sections of society across Jammu Kashmir. He also entrusted the officials of IRCS J&K to further intensify the anti-drug campaign and make their valuable contribution to building a Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir.
