Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: National Conference today lashed out at Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and her Government for misleading the people of the State about the amount of funds allocated to Srinagar under the ‘Capital City Development Plan’.
In a press statement here, the NC general secretary and MLA Khanyar, Ali Mohammad Sagar said that Rs 600 crore allegedly allocated to Srinagar under the CCDP was an aggregate amount of various existing Central schemes and devolution funds for Municipality, conservation and land acquisition that had been disingenuously re-branded as the CCDP.
“It is now public knowledge that the District Plan size for Srinagar announced by this Government is half of the amount announced for Jammu district. To conceal this grave injustice with the people of Srinagar, the Chief Minister has resorted to chicanery and dishonesty by re-branding funds under existing schemes, heads and devolution functions as the alleged 600 crore Capital City Development Plan (CCDP) without explaining the source of funding for such a plan”, the NC leader said.
Sagar said the aggregate amount of the alleged Rs 600 crore plan included around Rs 200 to 300 crore of existing funding mechanisms and expenditure heads spent through devolution of civic functions and services by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation and almost Rs 150 crore that the city is entitled to under the AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) Central Scheme.
“Ironically the funds under the AMRUT scheme have previously been included in the Prime Minister’s package and now they are being re-branded under this CCDP that doesn’t exist in reality”, the NC leader added.
“Similarly, almost Rs 50 crore that the State gets as the Central share for the acquisition of land and structures in and around Dal and Nigeen Lakes as well as an additional Rs 50 crore meant for Dal conservation under LAWDA and setting up of STPs – all has been included in the alleged Rs 600 crores. Additionally Private Public Partnership (PPP) avenues have also been included in the alleged package”, the NC general secretary maintained.
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