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JAMMU: Bharatiya Janata Party, Urban Local Bodies Cell Incharge and JMC Councillior Sanjay Kumar Baru hailed the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s decision of regular monthly interactions with the DDCs, BDCs and Panchayat representatives. He said LG’s decision will provide and ensure a good platform to Panchayati Raj Representatives in 3 tier system to highlight their genuine problems, ensuring equitable developments of their respective areas and also further strengthening the grass root governance in rural areas of JK UT. He further praised the LG for significant allocation of funds in the capex budget which is almost double that previous year.
Baru said that after the 73rd and 74th Amendments in Jammu Kashmir (UT), Rural Development Department is making to all out efforts for strengthening participatory democracy by making Panchayati Raj Institutions more empowered, vibrant in true sense by organizing the decision likes “LG Mulakat” but on the other hand our Urban and Local Bodies Department seems in no hurry to take such initiative to empower the Municipal Corporations, Councils and Committees in their respective areas of jurisdiction which are equally important.
Baru appealed LG Manoj Sinha and Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department to come up with some concrete proposals and similar monthly interactions with the elected representatives of Municipal Corporations, Councils & Committees to ensure overall grass root equitable development of JKUT.