<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched Coffee Table Books of Districts and Departments highlighting the major developmental interventions being made in J&K in the past one year at Kashmir International Convention Centre (KICC) in Srinagar today. Giving the due recognition to the significant role being played by frontline Warriors in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, the Lt Governor felicitated the COVID Warriors. National Level Awardee Sarpanches & ULB Representatives were also felicitated by the Lt Governor. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Lt Governor observed that the focus of the J&K Government in the last 2 years has been to give people a Voice by strengthening grassroots democracy and empowering institutions of local self-government through participatory governance. He observed that on this Independence Day, we must retrospect what J&K has got in the past 70 years and new beginning of change has been witnessed by J&K and the UT Government is trying to push the agenda of development and progress forward. He added that J&K's development and the welfare of its people is the top most priority of the Central Government. He maintained that we should come together to fulfil the Gandhian dream of rural empowerment and reach out to the masses with the common objective of equitable development. On the occasion, a short film highlighting the major developmental works being executed on the ground was showcased to mark the day.</span><br />