BANDIPORA: As part of the ongoing Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), district administration Bandipora on Friday organized awareness and benefit saturation camps at Middle School Markoot and High School Achoora in Gurez valley.

These camps witnessed active participation from tribal communities, including women, elders, and youth. The events focused on delivering doorstep services and sensitizing residents about key government welfare schemes, ensuring inclusive development in the remote and high-altitude areas of Gurez.

On the occasion, different departments including Health, Social Welfare, Education, Rural Development, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal and Sheep Husbandry had set up stalls and service counters and facilitated on-the-spot registrations, enrolments, and dissemination of information about central and UT schemes viz. PMAY-G, Ujjwala Yojana, PM-KISAN, pension schemes, and scholarship programmes.

These outreach activities are part of the 15-day DAJGUA campaign, which was earlier launched at GHSS Aragam, covering 31 tribal villages across the district. The initiative aims to achieve 100% saturation of welfare schemes, bridging service delivery gaps and ensuring that no eligible beneficiary is left behind.

In loving memory of Dr. Priya Ranjan: A mentor who treated me like family
A Profound Loss: JK Monitor Mourns the Passing of Founding Chairman Dr. Priya Ranjan

We at JK Monitor are profoundly saddened by the sudden demise of our Founding Chairman, Dr. Priya Ranjan.IN LOVING MEMORY Dr Priya Ranjan

A brilliant mind who studied at Netarhat Residential School and graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur before earning his PhD from the University of Maryland, Dr. Ranjan chose to return to India and dedicate his life to teaching, research and social good.

His pioneering work in networked systems, AI, robotics and biomedical applications—especially computer-vision tools for early detection of cancer and heart disease—reflected his deep belief that advanced technology must serve humanity.

For more than 15 years at JK Monitor, he remained a loyal friend, mentor and collaborator, marked by rare humility, intellectual integrity and quiet generosity. His passing leaves a void that cannot be filled. Priya, you will be deeply missed. Your life continues to remind us that knowledge finds its highest purpose in the service of others.

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