Birla asks House panels to visit far-flung areas of J&K, Ladakh
SRINAGAR: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced that parliamentary panels will be “encouraged” to visit far-flung areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and northeastern states in their study tours for better outreach and understanding of grievances of local people.
At the end of his weeklong tour of J&K and Ladakh, Birla said: “I will ask the 16 House panels under the jurisdiction of Lok Sabha to frequently visit these far-flung areas and interact with local people and grass-root level bodies and administration.”
“The aim of these visits would be to understand the ground realities and suggest possible solutions for mitigating grievances of the local people,” he added.
Birla, who planned the parliamentary outreach programme for J&K panchayat bodies, urged all democratic institutions to “work together” to “improve people’s lives.
“If the panchayati raj is strong, we can improve our governance and delivery system and create atma-nirbhar (self-reliant) villages,” he said.
now on the path of peace and prosperity and said that while India has a lot of diversity, it is democracy that holds the country together. “If democratic institutions are strong, we can reach out to the last person,” he said.
“Tourists want to explore the lesser-known places in J&K. To find national or international markets for J&K produce, the panchayat institution must perform,” he added.
“If grassroots-level institutions are not strong, we can’t make a strong India. People want to work. They want their areas, villages to be at the top,” he said.