DC Kupwara visits Machil, chairs review meeting

KUPWARA : District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kupwara, Ayushi Sudan (IAS) today chaired a review meeting of District and Sectoral officers at Meeting Hall of Tehsil Headquarters Machil.

Meeting was attended by SSP Kupwara,Yougal Manhas; PO ICDS,Hakeem Tanveer; ACD Kupwara,Hilal Mir; all other District and Sectoral officers.
PRIs and locals of the Machil were also present in the meeting.
In his inaugural speech, Chairman BDC Machil, GH. Rasool Khan, after expressing gratitude to Distt Dev. Commissioner for her focus on Border areas and her early visit to Machil, raised important developmental issues faced by the people. He opined that early review of District Dev. Commissioner will help kickstart all developmental projects, which is a crucial factor due to short working season in the area.

While addressing the review meeting DDC directed officers to achieve targets within the given timeline with due consideration to the working season.
Replying to the demands of old age pension and other social welfare schemes the DDC directed social welfare officers to conduct Special camp in Machil jointly with banks to resolve the issues of adhaar and bank account mis-match.
DC urged residents of Machil to Participate in these special camps.
While reviewing the progress of installation of mobile towers in Machil DC gave a time frame of one month to Airtel company to install 4 towers in different areas of Machil so that people especially students doesn’t face problems.
BSNL authorities apprised DC that BSNL is installing 5 towers in different areas of Machil to enhance mobile network connectivity.
While reviewing the health infrastructure at Machil DDC directed CMO Kupwara to equip and up-skill existing staff so that basic life saving services are handled by existing doctors and para-medical staff.
CMO Kupwara was directed to identify the gaps and send a proposal so that on internal adjustment basis some staff is deployed in Machil.

While replying to demand of bringing Machil on tourism map DC urged locals of Machil to create an ecosystem and environment for eco-tourism activities.
DC urged locals to come forward for homestays, and take special care of cleanliness, hygiene,and food for tourists so that tourists get good impression of Machil and hospitality of people.
DC directed Chief Agriculture officer Kupwara to provide awareness and extention services to the farmers and introduce high yielding seeds in Machil.
DC Kupwara was informed that 90 percent habitation of Machil have already electrified. She stressed upon the officers to cover remaining 10 percent habitations on priority.
AEE PDD was directed to ensure electrification of two uncovered schools within two days. She emphasized that education department should explore options of smart classes/ tele education.
DC interacted with Gyas u-Din, first NEET qualifier from Machil, congratulated him on his success and she took feed back from him about difficulties faced by the students of Machil area.
DC stressed upon officers to be responsive to public demands and stick to timeliness.
DC emphasized upon PRIs to use funds at their disposal judiciously so that local development takes place according to the aspirations of people.
DC urged the PRIs to understand their responsibilities and spread awareness among people and co-operate with civil adminstration.