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People in Jammu are still awaiting the results of the back-to-village programme, which was started by the Jammu and Kashmir Government in June last year. Residents have called it a futile exercise.

The first phase of the flagship programme was launched in June last year and the second phase was launched following the abrogation of Article 370 in November last year.

“The nodal officers visited villages, listened to the grievances of people, completed their paperwork and vanished. It is now been nearly 10 months, but we haven’t seen any change on the ground or any feedback from the officials,” said Bhadur Lal, sarpanch, Nihalpur, Simbal, in the RS Pura block.