The ‘My Town My Pride’ programme took place at Srinagar with people taking away several certificates and Ayushman Bharat Golden cards besides enrolling for and updating their Adhaar cards.
The government have set up a series of events in the city to take out the administration at the doorsteps of people for understanding their issues and concerns regarding growth of their respective areas.
Director Hospitality and Protocol, Hashmat Ali Khan, attended a function held in the Government Boys Higher Secondary School Safakadal as the visiting officer while MD Cable Car Corporation, Majid Khalil Drabu, attended an event at Government Higher Secondary School, Zadibal as visiting officer.
More than 500 applications seeking domicile certificates and about 200 income certificates were received by the revenue officers at these venues. Around 150 applications for taking different revenue extracts were also received by the department at these venues.
Besides, over 200 Ayushman Bharat Gold card registrations were also made at these venues with the Health department representatives and long line of people were seen waiting for getting Aadhar enrolments or updating the credentials in their existing cards.
Also, the people visiting to these events put forward several demands and problems which inter alia included augmentation of road network, proper drainage system, adequate power and water supply in their areas.All the departments had setup their stalls for spreading information and providing services to the participants.
Labour department told that they had distributed more than Rs 86 lakh among the building construction workers. Moreover, JK Bank has provided dozens of sanction letters to the unemployed youth for starting their enterprises.
Dozens of applications were received for macadamisation and widening of roads. People also demanded augmenting the capacity of electric transformers in their respective areas to receive the quality power supply during the winter months.The visiting officer, on the occasion, gave away free sports kits and equipments among the sports clubs and government schools.
Besides, Employment, UEED, Animal Husbandry, SMC, LAWDA, Horticulture, Handicrafts, Handloom, Agriculture, Fisheries and Irrigation departments had a were also present so that they can provide information about welfare schemes rolled out by their departments.The departments also displayed and distributed brochures, banners and booklets regarding their schemes.