Move to bring citizen-centric governance in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

New Delhi: In its first major initiative after the creation of the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the government is holding two back-to-back regional conferences in Jammu that will see officials and delegates from 19 other states and the two UTs participating to highlight models of good governance practices.

A two-day conference on ‘Replication of Good Governance Practices in UTs of J&K and Ladakh’ will be held in Jammu on November 15 and 16, while another conference on ‘Jal Shakti and Disaster Management’ under the ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ program will be held on November 30 and December 1. The second conference will see Tamil Nadu as the sister state of Jammu and Kashmir UT, with both sides discussing their rivers, Cauvery and Jhelum, and how to rejuvenate the water bodies.

Both conferences are being organized at the behest of Jitendra Singh. (IANS)

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