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PULWAMA: Minister of State for Forest, Ecology & Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Cooperative and Fisheries, Mir Zahoor Ahmad, today inaugurated the newly established Forest Division office at Awantipora which started its operations today. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that people of Pampore Constituency including Awantipora area can now directly approach this new division office instead of travelling to the Forest Division Ladder for their genuine issues which include sanctioning of timber and firewood.
He said the establishment of Forest Division at Awantipora has fulfilled a long pending demand of the people of the constituency adding that this will assist the people by resolving their genuine grievances at their door steps. Mir Zahoor said that the present Government headed by the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, is committed to provide good governance to the people of all the three regions of the State.
The Minister directed the officers of Forest and its allied wings to work with utmost dedication and come up to the expectations of the people. He also asked them to aware general masses about the functioning of the division and organizes awareness camps in the area to educate people about the schemes and programmes of the department so that maximum people can benefit from this. He also called for massive plantation drives on available and barren land. Senior officers of Forest department and its allied wings besides district administration Pulwama were present on the occasion.
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