Bathinda, April 28, 2017: Zila Parishad Bathinda has been awarded with Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran (Empowerment) Award for its good work.
The award was conferred on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day celebrations held at Lucknow in the presence of Union Minister Narinder Tomar, Union Minister Purshottam Rupala and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Aditya Nath.
Dr Shena Aggarwal ADC (D) -cum-CEO Zila Parishad Bathinda said that besides citation, the award includes Rs 50 lacs cash prize. The Zila Parishad Bathinda has been conferred with this award for the second time.
The award has been given to Zila Parishad Bathinda for implementing center and state government policies at the grass root village level. She added that besides this, the new building of zila parishad has been constructed.
Besides this biometric attendance has been started at zila parishad and block level, CCTV cameras have been installed, office records and staff service record online have been maintained. Keeping all these points in view, the Zila Parishad Bathinda has been conferred this award.
Similarly, the Panchayat Samiti Bhagta Bhai ka and Gram Panchayat Gurusar Mehraj have been conferred empowerment awards for their good work.