MACHIL, Sept 12: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday chaired the Jammu and Kashmir State Cabinet meeting at Machil, the remotest village near Pakistan border in north Kashmir.
“The holding of State Cabinet meeting in remote areas is aimed at ascertaining the problems confronting people in these areas and taking first hand appraisal of development needs,” an official spokesman said.
This was the second state cabinet meet near the Line of Control this year.
Addressing the people, the Chief Minister said that reaching out to every area is the guiding principle in the development process launched by his government across the State aiming at equitable and all round development of all the regions and sub-regions of the State. He said special focus is on the fast development of remote and backward pockets of the State besides weaker sections of the society.
“We have conducted panchayat elections after a period of about 30 years. We have empowered these ground level institutions so that these are able to make decisions and launch public welfare schemes in their areas”, Omar said and added that three-tier Panchayat Raj is his government’s endeavour and all decks have been cleared to hold Block Panchayat Council elections in the State this year.
Referring to the development of Machil Omar Abdullah said that bad pockets development fund has been raised this year to 52 lakhs from 26 lakhs last year for the execution of special projects in Machil. He said that he has directed Border Roads Organization for early completion of ongoing road projects in the area.
