Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Feb 22: JKNPP Chairman and former Minister Harsh Dev Singh said that the continued bureaucratic rule in J&K has caused immense dis-enchantment among the general masses deprived of popular rule for the last three years.
“Having hardly any access to the outside bureaucrats ruling the roost, the people of remote and far-flung areas are the most disappointed lot with none to listen to even the basic problems of connectivity, Education, Power and drinking water faced by them,” he said, while addressing public meetings in various villages including Ghordi, Badotu, Badela and Nordarn of District Udhampur. He also inaugurated the Panthers Party office in Ghordi town.
Pointing towards the shabby plight of roads rendered un-trafficable in the majority of villages in Chenani constituency, Mr Singh said that Ghordi-Barmeen road catering to around 30,000 souls had been converted into a ‘Khud’ with the concerned authorities sleeping over the matter for the last 4-5 years. Likewise, he added, the construction work over Tandhar-Satyalta-Charat road being executed in fits and starts had not been completed for the last 10 years since its commencement in 2011 while the Pakhlai-Charat road was in shambles with no action having been taken to ensure its repairs or up-gradation for the last 4 years.
Harsh Dev Singh further said that the compensation for lands acquired for PMGSY roads had not been paid in the Blocks of Latti, Chenani, Ghordi and Seuna for the last several years resulting in huge resentment amongst the affected people. “There are several complaints with regard to pilferage of ration in various villages. And shockingly, several Panchayats of Chenani including Ladda, Kither, Chappar and Chirdi do not have even a single ration depot with the officers concerned resorting to delay and deny for the last 3-4 years over opening of such depots in the deprived villages. Several villages do not have power connections especially in Chenani constituency,” he said, adding that with the present regime and the ‘Babu Raj’ averse to the woes and sufferings of the public, early restoration of democratic Government alone could satisfy the urges and aspirations of the people.
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