In a first-of-its-kind, the Jammu and Kashmir government has embarked on an ambitious initiative to reach out to the people at the grassroots level through a programme named as 'Back to the Village', an official spokesman said here on Saturday.
He said the programme is being organized from June 20-27 across all panchayats of the state.
To describe the contours of the programme, Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam on Friday held a marathon meeting here at the Civil Secretariat with the Administrative Secretaries, the spokesman said.
He said the Divisional Commissioners of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh besides Deputy Commissioners and Heads of various departments participated in the meeting through video conferencing.