BICHOM, Oct 25: More than 100 people benefited from the Seva Aapke Dwar (SAD) 2.0 camp organised at Government Primary School, Bichom village under Sinchung sub-division of West Kameng district on Saturday, with 21 government departments providing essential services.
The camp was inaugurated by Bichom Zilla Parishad Member Sunil Bachung, who highlighted local issues and outlined development priorities for the area.
Deputy Commissioner Dr Dilip Kumar inspected departmental stalls and distributed agricultural tools, seeds and other assistance to beneficiaries. Emphasising the scope for fisheries development, he urged villagers and Panchayat leaders to form village-level cooperative societies under a unified fish federation to promote organised and sustainable fish farming.
He also stressed the timely implementation of the Agriculture Department’s AgriStack initiative to create digital records of farmers and their landholdings, enabling them to access government schemes and direct benefit transfer (DBT) benefits. An awareness video on the initiative was screened during the camp.
The DC also administered the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan pledge, urging people, particularly youth, to stay away from substance abuse and work towards a healthy, drug-free society.
During the visit, he inspected the Bichom Cultural Centre, fisheries projects under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, tourism infrastructure around Bichom Dam and other ongoing development works.
Superintendent of Police Dr DW Thongon, ADC Thrizino Topek Kakki, Circle Officers Tashi Dorjee Bapu and Phobing Gyati, heads of departments, Panchayat representatives, Gaon Burahs, officials and local residents attended the programme.