Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 7: Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) Executive Body met here today under the chairmanship of president Th Gulchain Singh Charak.
In consideration of the Government advisory over coronavirus, it was decided to postpone the 116th Annual General Meeting, which was scheduled to be held this month. The AGM was postponed to end of April, 2020. The meeting also decided to have a two- day event for revival of the ‘Duggar Mela’ co-opted with the AGM.
Some vital decisions were also taken about the resolutions to be adopted. Among these were the demands to be projected to the Government to restore the J&K State with post Article 370 status as promised by the Central Govt. It was also decided to project the demand for functioning of both Jammu and Kashmir secretariats round the year to mitigate half the year access and reduce perpetual wasteful expenditure, disturbance and discontinuity. It was proposed to have full fledged Door Darshan Kendra for Jammu, restoration and renovation of heritage monuments including the prestigious and historical Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex, development of Jammu heritage based tourism, completion of all pending projects.
Members whole heartedly welcomed Government decision on delimitation but pointed out that the exercise will be futile on old 2011 census figures and demanded fresh census to include voters of West Pakistan refugees, SC & ST population now included in the UT.
During the meeting, various committees were constituted. Committee for drafting resolutions comprises Brig M S Jamwal, Col Dr Virendra K Sahi, G A Khwaja and Anil Padha. A Duggar Mela Committee was formed with Janak Khajuria as head and comprising Madan Rangila, Ashok Charak, Anil Singh and B S Thakur. The revision of the DSS brochure, invitation cards and individual invitations was assigned to Col Dr Virendra Sahi. It was also decided to honour those who got handicapped during enemy action on borders/CI operations, including civilian porters working for the forces. In this respect an Award Committee was also Constituted which included Prof R R Sharma (Ex VC), Prof R D Sharma, (Ex VC) and Maj Gen Sunita Kapoor (Retd).
The meeting was attended by Prem Sagar Gupta, Brig M S Jamwal, Col Dr Virendra K Sahi, G A Khwaja, Dr M R Bhamagi, Anil Padha, Janak Khajuria and others.
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