Sagar cautions people against ulterior motives of certain parties

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: Cautioning the masses about the mechanizations and false propaganda being unleashed by certain parties for their ulterior political motives, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that these forces have always thrived on spreading falsehood for their political interests but people of the state are aware of the development undertaken by the Government in every sphere of life and would give a befitting reply to them in coming future.
The Minister was addressing a huge public gathering after laying the foundation stone of the model village at Bakura-Ganderbal. The model village will be taken up with an estimated cost of Rs. 1.12 crore and will have all the requisite facilities like Community Information Centre, play grounds and other allied things.
District Development Commissioner, Ganderbal, Sarmad Hafeez, Director Rural Development, Kashmir, Mir Altaf Ahmad and other senior officers of district were present on the occasion.
Taking a dig at the opposition parties trying to negate the achievements registered by the Coalition Government in every sphere of life, the Minister said that they believe in spreading divisive propaganda for their ulterior and political motives. “The historic step taken by the Government of announcing various new administrative units in different parts of the state would ensure fast paced and sustained development and would go a long way in providing the much needed basic units of governance to the people within their catchment areas and would also help in elevating their socio-economic profile”, Mr. Sagar said and maintained that people of the state are wise enough to understand their mechanizations.
Terming the empowerment of Panchayats one of the major initiatives undertaken by the Government for ensuring the decentralization of powers to the grass root level, the Minister said that these basic units of governance have been adequately empowered with the powers of 14 vital departments and the necessary instruction have been passed down the line to ensure that they are involved in implementation and formulation of various welfare programmes.
The Minister said that the Government’s initiative of providing a model village for every constituency of the state would ensure that these areas come up at par with the urban ones, so that the people living in these areas get the requisite facilities at par with their urban counterparts.
Mr. Sagar said that the various welfare schemes and developmental programs have been undertaken for making Ganderbal as one of the model constituency of the state and necessary instructions have been passed to the executing agencies to speed up their implementation.
The Minister while referring to the developmental initiatives undertaken by the Government said that the several flagship schemes have been introduced which have been responsible for changing the socio-economic profile of the people living in these areas besides providing much needed job opportunities to them at their doorsteps and also ensuring the creation of assets for the general convenience of the people.

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