DC Gbl reviews progress of COVID-19 Vaccination drive in district

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 24: The Deputy Commissioner (DC), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today reviewed the progress of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive here at a meeting of Health Department.

The meeting was attended by CMO, Ganderbal, District Immunization Officer, Dy. S...

Mega Block Diwas held in Ganderbal

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 24: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today, presided over a grievance redressal camp at Boys Higher Secondary School Wakura during the Mega Block Diwas proceedings.

The officers of all line departments Jal Shakti, DFO, Sindh Forest, FCS&CA, Tehsil...

DC Gbl conducts surprise visit of Degree College, reviews its functioning

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 23: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today conducted a surprise visit of the Degree College Ganderbal and reviewed its functioning.

During the visit, the DC visited several classrooms and took feedback about the ongoing ...

District Administration Ganderbal launches "Itella" App

A tech-initiative to help people in real time in case of emergencies

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 23: The Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today launched Itella App, an initiative to help people of the district in real time in case of emergencies like fire/natural calamities/...

DC Ganderbal presides over Youth Mela

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 22: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today presided over the Youth Mela organised by 5 RR at Qamariya Ground, here.

On the occasion, various departments had installed stalls decimating awareness on employment schemes for deserving youth through models and ...

DC Ganderbal reviews MahaShivratri arrangements

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 22: The District Development Commissioner (DDC), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting to review arrangements for smooth conduct of forthcoming MahaShivratri festival.

During the meeting, various arrangements including availability of essential commodities...

Progress on Manasbal Lake development project reviewed at Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 20: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting to review the progress made in the execution of Manasbal Lake development project under PMDP and to review the action taken with regard to the directions...

DLAC meet on Safe Food & Healthy Diets held at Ganderbal

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 18: A meeting of the District Level Advisory Committee (DLAC) on Safe Food & Healthy Diets was today held here under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal.

At the onset of the meeting, Assistant Commissioner Food Safety briefed abo...

DC Gbl, Director Tourism visit Sonamarg

Review status of restoration of essential services

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 17: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal and Director Tourism Kashmir, Dr. G.N Itoo today visited Sonamarg to review and assess on spot restoration of disrupted essential services due to snowfall.

Dur...

DDC Ganderbal reviews functioning of RDD

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 16: The District Development Commissioner (DDC), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today chaired a meeting of Rural Development Department (RDD) to review its functioning and progress made under various flagship programmes.

At the outset, the DDC sought the details regarding utiliz...

DDC Gbl chairs DMFT meet

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 16: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting of the District Mineral Foundation Trust (DMFT) Ganderbal to discuss the 2020-21 annual plan of developmental schemes and activities to be conducted in the district under Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra...

Reopening of schools: Workshop on COVID-19 SOPs held at Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 15: In the wake of opening of schools in Ganderbal district after closure due to Covid-19 pandemic followed by winter vacations, a workshop on COVID SOPs was held today at Conference Hall, Mini Secretariat here.

The workshop was presided over by the Deput...

DC Gbl reviews restoration of essential services for reopening of Sonamarg resort

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 14: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today directed the concerned departments to ensure availability of adequate allied facilities to the tourists at Sonamarg resort, scheduled to reopen in coming days after remaining c...

DDC Gbl convenes meeting of DDC Members, BDC Chairpersons for finalization of plan under PMGSY-III

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 13: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today convened the meeting of DDC members and BDC Chairpersons of the district to discuss the modalities for the formulation of Block and District Rur...

MD, NHIDCL inspects work progress on Zojila tunnel

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 11: The Managing Director (MD) NHIDCL, KK Pathak today visited the construction site of Zojila tunnel at Baltal, Sonamarg to have firsthand appraisal of the work progress on the tunnel.

The MD during the visit was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal...

DC Gbl for completion of ongoing works within stipulated time

Reviews progress on B2V works

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 09: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today impressed upon the concerned officers to speed up the pace of work on these works so that they get completed within the stipulated time frame.

The DC sa...

DC Gbl flags off group of students to Gulmarg for Snow Skiing Course

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 09: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today flagged off a group of 10 students for snow skiing courses being hosted by the Sports department at Gulmarg.

These students were selected for the course from different zones of the d...

PRIs are of prime importance vis-à-vis development of district: DC Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 07: The Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today said that the Panchayat Raj Institutions are of the prime importance at the district level with regard to holistic development of the area.

He said this during the Sarpanch conference o...

DC Gbl conducts surprise inspection of various Govt offices

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 06: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal along with Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba today conducted surprise inspections of various offices functioning from Mini Secretariat here.

The DC inspected the offices o...

Approval of mining plans for minor blocks discussed at Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 05: A meeting regarding approval of mining plans for minor blocks of the district was today held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, here.

During the meeting, threadbare discussions were held on allowing mining on s...

Modalities for rolling out SH&WA program discussed at Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 04: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting to discuss the modalities for rolling out of School Health and Wellness Ambassador (SH&WA), initiative under the Ayushman Bharat scheme in the district.

During the meeting thr...

Block Diwas held across Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 03: The District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today presided over Block Diwas proceedings at Block Ganderbal, Lar and Kangan to assess the developmental needs and redress the grievances of the people at their doorsteps.

During the proceedings of the weekly Block Diw...

Rs 1.17 lakh fine imposed on erring traders at Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 02: The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ganderbal, who is also the Adjudicating Officer, today imposed fine of Rs 1.17 lakh on various food outlet owners, shopkeepers, traders and wholesale dealers for violating various provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act ...

DC for quality disposal of public grievances at Gbl

GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 01: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today called for quality disposal of grievances of the public within the shortest possible time.

The DC said this during a meeting convened here to review the functioning of Integrated Grievance Redressal ...

DC Ganderbal discusses Action Plan for containment of bird flu

SRINAGAR, JANUARY 31: Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting of officers to discuss the containment measures and arrangements to tackle the threat of avian influenza (bird flu).

The meeting threadbare discussion to check and control the possi...

DDC reviews power scenario at Gbl

GANDERBAL, JANUARY 29: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today convened a meeting of PDD authorities to review overall power scenario and the status of ongoing development works carried out by the department under different schemes in the district.

On the occasion, ...

DDC Ganderbal listens public issues at Safapora

Inspects Manasbal lake conservation works

GANDERBAL, JANUARY 28: The District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today listened to the public issues during a grievance redressal camp held at Govt. Higher Secondary School Safapora.

During the camp, large number of p...

67 SLUs distributed among weavers at Gbl

GANDERBAL, JANUARY 22: Under National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) scheme, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderal, Shafqat Iqbal today distributed 67 Solar Lighting Units (SLUs) among the beneficiaries of Block Level Cluster, Alasteng, during a function organized by Weavers Service Centre Sri...