Mission Ladakh.

We have learnt that all religions are the same and fighting in the name of religion is wrong”, said 12-year-old gal. She was at the Polo ground participating in the Public Information Campaign (PIC) launched by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to bring awareness among the people about various centrally sponsored schemes for the region. Schoolchildren of various educational institutes enthusiastically took part in the programme and pledged to make rural people living in their respective villages aware about these schemes. The Polo ground, the venue of the campaign, wore a festive look with about 36 stalls put up by various government departments like education, health, animal husbandry, agriculture, forest, JK Bank, tourism, horticulture etc., to showcase their products and highlight their achievements. At these stalls, information regarding important Central government programmes and how to avail the benefits under the programmes was made available to the people ignorant of such projects.
Speaking on the occasion, Health Minister of J&K government Mangat Ram Sharma said that in spite of weak infrastructure and reluctance on the part of doctors to serve in the rural areas the government has done a commendable job in bringing health facilities to the common man in far-off places like Leh and Kargil. He said that the government is hiring doctors on contract basis to serve the people of the region. “Lots of work has been done and lots need to be done. We will not rest till the last man in the state is guaranteed of quality medication”, promised Sharma to the motley group of Ladakhis who were outnumbered by the schoolchildren.