Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: Alleging discrimination with Kargil district by the Centre, Congress said the border town in the Ladakh region was not covered under the Under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Uarban Transformation (AMRUT) and other Central schemes.
Appreciating inclusion of Leh under AMRUT and other Central schemes, Congress wanted to know why Kargil, also in the Ladakh region, was left out.
Senior Congress leader and MLA from Kargil, Haji Asgar Ali Karbalia in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, expressed concern over non-inclusion of Kargil district under AMRUT.
Despite that Kargil having same topographic condition as of its sister district Leh, the border district was ignored by the Government for consideration under the AMRUT scheme, he said.
He said Kargil, situated at the bank of River Suru on which the 44 MW Chutuk Hydel Project is functioning, is also fulfilling the two main criteria of AMRUT.
Mr Karbalia asked Mr Modi and Mr Azad on what ground the Union Government was discriminating and avoiding the development of Kargil despite that fact that patriotism of the People was acknowledged by the entire country, including the Prime Minister.
He quoted a tweet of Mr Modi on August 12, 2014 which said ?the patriotism of the people of Kargil inspires the people of India. I bow to this land and to the people.
Mr Karbalia added Leh was already covered under JNNRUM and sufficient funds of Rs 217 crore has already been already sanctioned. Besides Leh district was also covered under RAY which is now under AMRUT by the Union Government, he said and wanted to know why Kargil was left out from these schemes.
In fact Kargil needs more importance in areas like drinking water supply, sewerage and drainage, roads, footpath, solid waste management , health and education. The letter read that non inclusion of Kargil in any of the town beautification schemes launched by the Centre as created a sense of alienation among the people.
He urged Mr Modi to direct the Ministry of Urban Development Department to include Kargil under AMRUT so as to make realise the commitments made with the people during his last visit to this border town.
Asgar Ali Karbalia has also written to Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad regarding poor moble connectivity.
As the world is enjoying the third generation technology in communication and is eyeing on the fourth generation communication technology, people in Kargil are still deprived of from the basic connectivity of mobile services, and the issue has been projected at various levels but no concrete development is visible till date, he said.
Reminding the commitments made by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Kargil on 12th of August 2014, Karbalia said that these commitments are still in the heart and mind of the people of Kargil, but it’s unfortunate to inform that nothing concrete steps for progress of Kargil has been taken.
He has demanded BSNL Mobile Towers in different villages of Kargil district.
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