Kishorinagar GP awarded "Child Friendly Gram Panchayat 2020"
& Namunaghar GP with “Gram Panchayat Development Programme 2020”
Port Blair, Apr 25
The
Ministry of Panchayati Raj celebrated the National Panchayati Raj Day (National
Local Self-Government Day) on April 24, 2020. As the country is observing
social distancing during Lockdown, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri
Narendra Modi addressed and interacted with participants of various Gram
Panchayats across the country through video-conferencing. He has launched the unified e-GramSwaraj Portal and Mobile App on the occasion.
On the
occasion, Gram Panchayat Kishorinagar under Diglipur Block of N&M Andaman
District has been honoured with the award of "Child Friendly Gram
Panchayat 2020" and Gram Panchayat Namunaghar under Ferrargunj Block of
South Andaman District honoured with the award of "Gram Panchayat
Development Programme 2020".
It is a matter of great pride
that the Gram Panchayats of A&N Islands have been awarded with the
prestigious award even in this tough & challenging situation as A&N
Islands fights against COVID-19.