GP presidents asked to become stakeholders in developmental programmes

SILCHAR: District Administration of Cachar held a meeting with the GP presidents of the district at the conference hall of DRDA here on Thursday.

Presiding over the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Cachar started with a request to all Panchayat Raj institutions, Block Development Officers and GP secretaries of the district to ensure 100 percent vaccination under their jurisdiction before upcoming Durga Puja i,e before October 10.

DC Jalli appreciated GP president of Arkatipur for achieving 95percent vaccination. She also requested all PRIs to mobilise public for enrolling themselves under Aadhaar card before December 2021 as some government schemes subscription requires Aadhaar card. There is no age bar for applying aadhaar card and hence entire family can get the requisite cards. She thanked them for offering GP offices as Aadhaar centres.

Executive Engineer PHE spoke on the necessity of community adoption to ensure success of JJM schemes. DC suggested PHE engineers to visit all the schemes of Jal Jiban Mission under Kalain Development Block along with the site engineers based on complaints received from GP president.

Chief Executive Officer, Cachar Zilla Parishad, Eldad Lalthakum Faihriem explained at length about the role of PRIs in the rural development programs and mentioned that the PRIs play a vital role in successful implementation of schemes. Participating in the discussion ,the GP president chandranathpur GP mentioned about poor vaccination in the Gaon Panchayat area due to transfer of ANM nurse.

In the meeting Cachar Zilla Parishad president Amitabh Rai revealed that double vaccination has become mandatory for many schemes. Thus, GP, block in which 100 percent vaccination will be covered before 10th October, they will be rewarded by Zilla Parishad. Blocks that complete first will also be accordingly awarded. It was further stated that all government schemes for individual benefit,ration , pension shall be put on hold for those who have not vaccinated yet.

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