J&K ADMN ALL SET FOR PHASE 3 OF ‘BACK TO VILLAGE’ PROGRAMME
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is set to kick-off its back to village (B2V) programme next month to address the growing disconnect between people and the official machinery amid the pandemic.
However, grassroots level political workers in the Valley have termed it administration’s attempt to marginalise them in the absence of an elected regime.
The programme, during which thousands of officers will spread out in different villages of the UT to address public grievances, is a first since Manoj Sinha took over as the new Lieutenant governor of J&K last month. Earlier, two B2V programmes were held in June and November last year.
For the past two weeks, Sinha has been visiting various districts meeting delegations of people and students as part of his public outreach programme.
MP from South Kashmir and senior NC leader, Hasnain Masoodi, said B2V is only a slogan to portray it as an alternative to traditional politics.
“We have seen that B2V programmes have not delivered at the ground level. If we go from place to place there is no imprint at all. Affordable housing is not implemented at all and safe drinking water is available for less than 40 percent of the population,” Masoodi said.
Earlier on September 5, UT spokesperson Rohit Kansal had claimed that the programme “generated huge interest” among people so the administration decided to launch B2V-III.