Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, May 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Border Area Development Conference (JK-BADC), a registered organisation working for the welfare of border residents of J&K, has raised serious concern over the lack of information available to the public regarding bunkers’ construction in Poonch district.
Dr Shazad Ahmed Malik, Chairman of the BADC and former Vice Chancellor, said that as per statements of Union Ministers and information available in the media, the Government of India has sanctioned and released millions of rupees to the J&K Government for bunkers’ construction in border areas.
The Centre’s intention and commitment toward border residents is clear. However, he expressed concern that the J&K Government and local administration have been slow in moving things forward and have shared very little with the people about where the project actually stands today.
He said the people living in these areas have a right to know how many bunkers are fully complete, how many are still under construction and how many yet to begin. This is not information that residents should have to chase or ask for repeatedly. The district administration must issue a monthly status report on bunker construction so that there is accountability and people feel assured that work is genuinely moving forward.
Dr Malik appealed to the administration to treat bunkers’ construction as a matter directly linked to human lives and not just another entry in a government project list. The monthly data regarding funds spent on these construction of bunkers must be put on official website of district Poonch, he added.
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