Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 20: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today asked the Divisional Administration to arrange free food-grains for such poorest of the poor families who were getting rations under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and whose bread-winners are not able to earn anything because of the prevailing law and order situation in Kashmir.
Speaking at an officers meeting here this afternoon, the Chief Minister asked the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir to arrange free rations for all such AAY families across the Kashmir valley and ensure distribution of the same to such families effectively through Mohalla Committees. “We should ensure that no such family which depends on day-to-day earnings for their bread and butter should suffer for want of food because of the prevailing law and order situation,” the Chief Minister said.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh, Minister for Forests, Choudhary Lal Singh, Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu, Chief Secretary, B R Sharma, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr Asghar Hassan Samoon and other officers were present at the meeting.
In a separate direction, the Chief Minister asked the Chief Secretary that adequate arrangements should be made for smooth conduct of NEET on July 24 in Kashmir. She said if the two educational institutions identified as examination centres for NEET are unable to provide adequate staff for the smooth conduct of the examination, alternate staff should be arranged for the same, but the examination should be conducted within the Valley at all costs.
Meanwhile Government has established special facilitation centers for aspirants scheduled to appear in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The Special facilitation centers will assist the aspirants for receiving their admit card for appearing the examination and other assistance required.
These centers have been established in Srinagar, Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Pulwama, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Shopian in view of difficulty being faced by students due to law and order situation, and also for Leh and Kargil district to facilitate the students of these districts scheduled to appear in Jammu and Srinagar centers. Nodal officers have also been appointed in DC offices for assisting the NEET aspirants.
District NIC Centers located in office premises of Deputy Commissioner office of all the districts can be approached by the students for receiving their admit cards. Similar services have also been made available in Community Information Centers in some districts. The nodal officers appointed by District Administration include Bashir Ahmed Khan, Addl DC Baramulla (9419068392 ,01952-234210), Shahbaz Mirza Addl DC for Pulwama (9419137940, 01933-241243), Sheikh Ghulam Hassan Addl DC Kulgam (9419342881, 01931-260500), Gulzar Ahmed Shah ACD for Anantnag (9419041800, 01932-223593, 01932-222337, NIC Cell 01932-223539), Farooq Ahmed DIO NIC for Srinagar (9419034960, Helpline 0194-2472580, 0194-2452182), Rouf Ahmed DIO NIC for Budgam (01951-255258, 01951-255203, 9419076136), Basharat Shafi DIO NIC for Ganderbal (9419017205, 0194-2416142, 0194- 2416141), DIO NIC Shopian (9419030228, 01933-260984 /261378/ 260987), Mohd Shabir HQA to DC Kargil (9419108855, 01985-232216), Kacho Asghar Ali HQA for Leh (01982-255882/ 252010), Deputy Commissioner’s office Kupwara (9419247798, 01955-253335) and Deputy Commissioner’s office Bandipora ( 9419015811, 01957-226085).
Assistance for NEET has also been made available at CICs located at Larkipora (9419036916), Hiller Shahbad (9419401094), Khoveripora Mattan (9469111333), Qazigund (01932-222605), Vessu, Bijbehara and Shungus in Anantnag, and at CICs of Pulwama, Rajpora, Tral and and Pampore in Pulwama.
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