Protection of all
At the panchayat level, J&K administration is encouraging farmers to take benefits from different centrally sponsored schemes.
Recently the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir held a meeting to review Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM).
He asked the Forest Department to make arrangements for providing at least 75 plant saplings to each Panchayat for planting as part of these celebrations. He asked for taking measures for protection of all of such plantations through the institutions where these are planted.
He maintained that each celebration should be befitting in its grace and decorum befitting for the occasion involving the ‘Panchayat Prabharis’ in it. He advised that all the ‘Veers’ to be chosen for felicitation and remembrance by the Panchayats should be well-known having unquestionable contribution in nation building or sacrifice to protect it.
Giving the details, the Secretary Culture and Tourism, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah listed out details of the activities envisaged to be carried out under the theme ‘Meri MaatiMeraDesh- MittikoNamanVeeronkaVandan’.
He revealed that the celebrations are part of the culmination of more than a year long celebrations under AKAM which were started on 12th of March last year to commemorate the 75 years of India’s Independence. He stated that on this year’s Independence Day the country would pay homage to its motherland through different programs and events.
