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Pro-people policies leading to peace, prosperity: G. A. Mir

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 11/26/2013 11:31:10 PM

ANANTNAG, Nov 26: Minister for Tourism, Ghulam Ahmad Mir has said that the economic welfare of rural and kandi areas is the top priority of the government adding that implementation of special schemes for socio-economic transformation have yielded tangible results at grass root level in the State.
Addressing series of public meetings today at village Manzmoh, Tanjloo, Check-i-Wangund and Dalwach Gasgisgund in Dooru, the Minister said governments’ priority is to upgrade communication, education and health cover in these areas and extent assistance to help generate economic activities and give fillip to the education and health care facilities.
Reiterating the commitment of the state government towards holistic development of all the regions of the State with special focus on far-off and hilly areas, the Minister said the government’s pro-people policies and exemplary initiatives have placed the State on the track of peace and prosperity. He affirmed that this would be carried forward with a mission to ensure all-round development of rural as well as kandi areas. Highlighting the priorities under Tourism sector, the Minister said that all such areas having tourism potential would be brought on States’ tourism map for their development and creation of necessary infrastructure.
Referring to the development of Dooru Constituency, the Minister enumerated several measures taken for holistic development of the area. He said besides up gradation of infrastructure under core sectors, the varied tourism potential of the area received focused attention adding that work on several tourism projects have been already completed, while some projects would be completed this fiscal and many more projects are in pipe line including construction of Rope Way at Veerinag.
Mir also called upon the Panches and Sarpanches to highlight the problems and developmental needs of the people before the government for their early mitigation. He said that they should also ensure that benefits of Flagship programmes like MGNERGA, NRHM, PMGSY, R-APDRP and SSA, RMSA reach to all villages and hamlets.