Report by:Mir Arif

Kupwara:An ESM meet was organised at Jugtial, Kupwara by Indian Army. A total 145 ESM and 09 Veer Nari attended the event. The meet was organised on occasion of 70th Raising Day of Sainik Welfare Department. Commander 68 Mountain Brigade and Commanding Officer 41 RR graced the meet and interacted with the ESM. Zila Sainik Welfare Officer also attended the meet.

Commander addressed the gathering on various issues concerning ESM and also gave a brief about the Agnipath scheme.

Thereafter the ESM put forth issues to the Commander related to facilities of ECHS and CSD. Issue of drug menace and garbage disposal was also discussed.

A request for raising NCC Bn at Kupwara was made to engage the youth into disciplined atmosphere.

All these pts were then discussed by Commander with the ESM and he expressed his gratitude towards the ESM for sharing their concerns and various issues.

Zila Sainik officer also addressed the gathering and spoke about various issues related to the civil administration. Certain issues of documentation of ESM and how the same can be resolved with the help of Zila Sainik Welfare department were also discussed.

Dr Javeed Maqbool, DM, CSC shared all the Schemes and Services of CSC-SPV. All the services of CSC Schemes and programs especially SPARSH, ABPMJAY (Ayushman Bharat Golden Card), PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna, Tele-Law , Micro ATM Banking, Digipay, etc were briefly discussed with the ESM.

The meet concluded with felicitation of Veer Nari, aged ESM and gallantry award winners. Pamphlets of Zila Sainik Welfare Office were distributed amongst the attendees followed by refreshments.