2,020 Underprivileged Neighborhoods Identified Nationwide

The secretary for underprivileged neighborhoods at the Ministry of Interior, referring to the implementation of the program to organize the country's underprivileged neighborhoods, said 2,020 such neighborhoods have so far been identified nationwide.

The secretary of underprivileged neighborhoods of the Ministry of Interior, referring to the implementation of the program for organizing the underprivileged neighborhoods of the country, said: 2 thousand and 20 underprivileged neighborhoods have been identified in the country.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan from Mazandaran, Ali Aghamohammadi, in a meeting with the governor of Mazandaran, explaining the national programs for empowering underserved areas and villages of the country, stated that the program for organizing underserved areas is aimed at improving people's quality of life and improving their access to basic services in seven areas: housing, employment, food, clothing, health, education, as well as recreation, sports, culture and religion.

Referring to the identification of 2,200 low-income neighborhoods in the country with a population of 19,700,000 people, he added: One of the implementation axes of this program is the direct participation of the people in solving the problems of the neighborhoods. So that with the formation of the "alley mayor" structure and the participation of local representatives, the follow-up of issues and communication with the executive bodies will be facilitated. So far, 47,000 street mayors are active in this plan.

Referring to the situation of Mazandaran in the implementation of this program, Aghamohammadi clarified: Among the low-income neighborhoods identified in the province, 55 neighborhoods are in this framework, and five neighborhoods have been introduced as flagship neighborhoods. According to him, four of these neighborhoods, centered on well-being houses, have been able to perform significantly in organizing the services needed by the people.

In another part of his speech, the secretary of low-income areas of the Ministry of Interior mentioned the national program for the development of low-income villages and said: out of the total of 39,500 villages in the country, 13,542 villages with a population of about 6,300,000 people have been identified in the framework of cooperation with the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation and the Presidential Rural Vice-Chancellor and have been organized into 440 rural systems.

He added: In this meeting, there was a discussion and exchange of views about how to activate the rural systems of Mazandaran and the establishment of executive teams to follow up on the programs, and it is planned to develop the teams' activities in this area with the cooperation of the governorate.

Aghamohammadi also announced plans to launch an integrated system for the services of localities and villages under the name "Plum Blossom" and stated: "This system, by combining four smaller systems, will provide access to locality information, banking and communication services, local capacities, free education and other services needed by the people."