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GANDERBAL: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Jatin Kishore, today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review and finalize arrangements for the upcoming Seva Parv, a nationwide initiative scheduled to be celebrated from 17 September to 02 October, 2025.

The fortnight-long programme is aimed at strengthening citizen-centric governance by improving service delivery, creating awareness about public welfare schemes, and ensuring seamless access to essential services across the district.

During the meeting, detailed discussions were held on the activities to be conducted during the campaign, which will include Swachhta drives, health camps, social outreach initiatives, plantation drives, and beautification of educational institutions, besides digital literacy camps, and awareness campaigns on flagship government schemes.

DC directed all departments to prepare a holistic calendar of activities and submit it to his office within two days to ensure smooth implementation of the programme at the grassroots level.

He also instructed the ACD and Municipal Council Ganderbal to launch intensive Swachhta drives, waste segregation campaigns in all Panchayats and municipal wards, and plantation drives around Amrit Sarovars.

For the plantation activities, DFO Sindh Forest Division was tasked with ensuring the availability of sufficient numbers of plants; while all educational institutions, including the Central University of Kashmir, were directed to undertake initiatives under the education-focused component of the programme, such as school beautification, wall painting, and donation of textbooks, stationery for needy students

Similarly, the Programme Officer ICDS was asked to focus on nutrition-related activities and APAAR ID generation in Anganwadi centres. Chief Medical Officer was instructed to organize health check-up camps, blood donation drives, and screening camps for anemia, water-borne diseases, TB, and cancer, along with participation of private health institutions to strengthen healthcare services during the Seva Parv.

DC also emphasized the need for extensive awareness campaigns on flagship programmes, including Nasha Mukt Abhiyan, disaster management, and government welfare schemes like PMJJBY, APY, PMJDY, PMSBY, among others.

He called for organizing capacity-building and digital literacy camps to educate citizens about welfare schemes as well as awareness about various social security schemes.

Underscoring the importance of inter-departmental coordination, DC urged all officers to work in close synergy to ensure that the programme is impactful and benefits every section of society.

The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Syed Fahim Bihaqi; CEO SDA, Bilal Mukhtar; Programme Officer ICDS, ACR, SDM Kangan, ACD, DSWO, CMO, and other officers from concerned departments.

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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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