Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 10: Former minister and senior Congress leader Raman Bhalla today assailed the BJP-PDP Govt for utterly failing in deliverance, saying that both parties have lost confidence and mandate of the people of Jammu region.
Addressing public gathering at Beli Charana area of Gandhi Nagar constituency today, Bhalla said that State Government is not having any concrete employment generation plan for the educated unemployed youth and on the other, it has failed to utilize its own resources. He said hundreds of crores of rupees get lapsed annually in the State due to administrative inertia. The Government must direct departmental heads for timely utilization of funds.
Citing media reports, Bhalla said that despite receiving funds to the tune of Rs 90.84 crore for construction of AIIMS Jammu (under central projects), the concerned agencies have failed to spend even a single penny. A sum of Rs 2000 crore was sanctioned when the project was announced. During the course of project construction, the first installment of Rs 90.84 crore was released but till date the Government agencies have not spent a single penny on it. For SMART cities project, out of a hefty grant of Rs 500 crore, only Rs 2 crore was released, of which Rs 1.6 crore have been spent.
For constructing prestigious IIM Jammu, out of Rs 61.9 crore released so far for the project, Rs 31.16 crore have been spent on ground zero. For IIT Jammu out of Rs 100.66 crore, a sum of Rs 85 crore has been spent so far. Out of Rs 200 crore, approved for improving sports infrastructure, a sum of Rs 30 crore was released and out of this 50 per cent i.e only Rs 13.69 crore have been spent so far. When it comes to relief and rehabilitation of Jammu migrants, not a single penny has been released so far by the concerned authorities. He alleged that PDP-BJP has failed to fulfill the aspiration of the youth who are deeply upset with its hollow promises especially of the BJP made during the 2014 Assembly election. The basic democratic institutions of Panchayats were the worst affected in the State during the PDP-BJP three years rule.
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