Bandipora, June 23: Commissioner Secretary Social Welfare Department, Jammu and Kashmir, Sheetal Nanda on Friday visited the Bandipora district and inspected One Stop Center (OSC) in the premises of District Hospital Bandipora and Child Care Institute and Cradle Baby Reception Centre, Sonerwani, Bandipora.
She took stock of the facilities being made available at One Stop Centre and the shelter home and also reviewed its functioning.
She was accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad, District Programme Officer Bandipora Mohd Ashraf Hakak, Joint Director Planning Imtiyaz Ahmad, Tehsildar Bandipora and officers of social welfare department.
On the occasion the commissioner secretary was informed about the functioning of the centre and the assistance provided by the centre to the women till date.
Nanda also reviewed the functioning of District Hub for Empowerment of Women in Bandipora (Erstwhile Mahila Shakti Kendra).
Gender Specialist Aisha Shafi informed the commissioner secretary about the performance of the hub.
She informed that they are regularly interacting with women and facilitate them in availing the benefit of various schemes. She said they have referred 13 cases of females to Sheep Husbandry Department for establishment income generation units.
She said the Hub has also referred 40 girls for skill development at RSETI under Beti Bachav Beti Padav scheme.
Besides this, the hub has also recommended 25 children from 0-10 age group for opening Sukanaya Samridhi Accounts in Post Office wherein they are being given 8 percent interest on savings.
Commissioner Secretary was also informed about the infrastructure development going on in the district, including recent construction of Tribal hostel, etc.
Nanda instructed for creating mass awareness among the people regarding various welfare measures being implemented and provided through ICPS.
She directed for taking out Child Protection Services in the district to the next level, which will act as a boon for all the children of the district in particular and UT in general.
