District Magistrate Pauri Chandra Shekhar Bhatt said that Gram Udaya to Bharat Udaya Abhiyan will be conducted in all 1,212 Gram Panchayats and 118 Naaya Panchayats of the district in three phases from April 14 to April 24 while addressing a workshop organised under the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Gram Badlava Yojana on Monday.
Aside from the DM who presided over it, all the district level and block level officers, including gram sabha development officer, attended the workshop. Bhatt stressed that a district level officer has been nominated as the nodal officer for the Abhiyan launched by the Centre and warned that the negligence on the part of the officers in conducting the Abhiyan will not be brooked.
Bhatt further said that the first phase of the Gram Udaya to Bharat Udaya Abhiyan will be held from April 14 to April 16 during which programmes related to national integrity, social impact and others will be conducted.
In addition, the 125 the anniversay of Bhim Rao Ambedkar will be rightly celebrated in the district on April 14. The second phase will be held from April 17 to April 20 and the Gram Kisan Sabha will be organised in all the gram panchayats.
During this, agricultural tools, equipment and fertilizer will be distributed among the farmers by the agriculture department. The third phase, the DM informed, will be held from April 21 to April 24 and an open session will be held in gram panchayats during which the representatives must ensure the full presence of the villagers. The Rashtriya Panchayat Raj Divas will be observed on April 24, DM added.
Bhatt asked all the officers to attend the programmes of the Abhiyan and take all initiatives to make Gram Udaya to Bharat Udaya Abhiyan a resounding success in the district. The reports of the Abhiyan of different phases should be submitted to the district administration on the completion of the phase, Bhatt said, adding that the Centre would review things through its observers.
DM further said that no leave will be sanctioned during the period Gram Udaya to Bharat Udaya Abhiyan would be on. However, in extreme cases, leave can be asked for from the nodal officer concerned, he said.