Early Times Report
Kathua, May 16: District Administration, Kathua, is organizing Gram Sabhas in 244 Panchayats and urban wards of municipal councils and committees of towns from May 19 to May 23 across the district.
The Sabhas will be held to verify the existing BPL Ration Cards and inclusion of BPL & APL families for distribution of ration as per 2011 census instead of existing 2001 census. This will be a major relief for more than 25,000 uncovered families.
Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary chaired a meeting of Tehsildars, BDOs, Executive Officers and TSOs for finalising arrangements for holding Gram Sabhas for verification and inclusion of families in the BPL list and making new ration cards in respect of uncovered areas. Additional DDC Dr Manmohan Singh, Addl DC Dr Mushtaq Ahmed, AC Anshul Garg, AC Revenue Atul Gupta, DIO Indu Jamwal, DIO-NIC Sideshwar Bhagat, AD CAPD T B Singh and officers of various departments attended the meeting.
Gram Sabhas will be organised covering around 30-40 Panchayats per day across 19 CD blocks and around 20 wards of municipal committees.
More than 30,000 families will be verified and added during the gram sabhas and municipal ward sabhas over a period of one week followed by release of ration as per 2011 Census.
Tehsildars, BDOs, TSO and CDPOs will coordinate the Gram Sabha while in Urban Areas the EOs of ULBs will be nodal officers. |
