Shopian, Nov 10: Second phase of Back to Village-5 programme started today across the district, during which 34 Visiting Officers reached their designated panchayats early morning amid heavy rains and took lead in the proceedings of the ambitious rural outreach programme.
A number of senior officers including Abdul Hafiz Shah, Regional Director, Survey and Land Records, PO Poshan, Kulgam, CE JKPDC, GM DIC Kulgam, DD, SWD, Kashmir, Dy Sec, I&FC and other Visiting officers throughout the day remained engrossed in interaction with local people in their assigned Panchayats, with the aim to listen to their developmental requirements and take feedback on governance issues.
Reaching out to the rural populace at their doorsteps, besides facilitating community participation in the development process, remained the core engagements of the Visiting Officers during the much celebrated connect programme.
A multitude of activities were carried out in these Panchayats wherein Visiting Officers held interaction with PRIs representatives, frontline government functionaries and prominent citizens, besides visiting development work sites and reviewing activities of Village level institutions.