Srinagar, July 7: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said that the government was dedicated to serve the poor.
An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that inaugurating the National Tribal Festival at Srinagar, the LG welcomed the members of tribal community from different states and union territories to J&K.
“National Tribal Festival celebrates the rich tribal cultural heritage and traditions. It aims to provide an opportunity to tribal artisans, entrepreneurs to promote their unique handicrafts, textiles, artworks and traditional products,” he said.
Sinha reiterated the resolve of the J&K administration to fulfill the dreams of the poor, tribals and those who were deprived of their rights for decades.
“The J&K government is dedicated to serve the poor section of the society. It is providing land to landless citizens who were ignored in the past. They are eligible under PMAY (G) and will soon have their own houses. However, some influential people and their associates, who had grabbed State land, think that the poor section should not utilise the government resources,” he said.
The LG said that they should understand that such discriminatory system was abolished on August 5, 2019.
“Now we are marching ahead with one resolve and one aim that the poorest of the poor, dalits, OBCs, and tribal communities have the first right on the government resources,” he said.
Sinha said that as per the Tribal Affairs Department, 40,000 PMAY houses would be allocated to eligible tribal community families.
He said that the government record suggests that out of these, around 8000 were landless.
