Port Blair, Apr 17: The Tushnabad Gram Panchayat convened a Special Gram Sabha Meeting on 14th April 2022 in the Community Hall on the occasion of the 131st Birth Anniversary of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar. Initially, a floral tribute was offered to Baba Saheb Dr.B.R. Ambedkar by Pradhan, PRI Members, line department officials and the general public.
Mr. Anand Amrit Raj, Pradhan presented the activities/works to be undertaken by the Panchayat in the Gram Sabha Meeting. Repairing and maintenance of Street Lights, Sanitation, Drug Abuse Free Panchayat, Short Marathon for the youths, Rural Hut under NRLM as Short Term work and Development of School Ground, Implementation of PMAY, Mouwadera Tourism Project, Stadium as Long Term works.
Dr. H.K.Sharma, Principal, JNRM has appreciated the UBA team for their active participation in the village development. Dr. K.Venkatesan, HOD, Home science and Nodal Officer, UBA, briefed the activities under UBA and emphasized how the panchayats through Gram Sabha can take an active part in the process of planning and decision making by involving all sects of villagers for livelihood means.
The student volunteers from JNRM staged a Street Play on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Health Hazards of Plastics and Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WaSH), etc. The school students of Tushnabad presented the patriotic song. Later the certificates were distributed to the participants of the Three days Skill Development training Programme on Floriculture, Mushroom Cultivation and Vermi Composting organized by the UBA Cell, JNRM.
Mrs. Kakaoli Ghosh, Panchayat Secretary Coordinated the Gram Sabha Meeting. Mrs. M.Rajni, Zilla Parishad members, Mr. Fayaz Ali, Asst Engineer, APWD, Mr. Panchanan Halder, Range Officer and other PRI members attended the Gram Sabha Meeting.