Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 1: The Congress Party has demanded Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the people living in the entire Chenab belt including Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar districts besides parts of Reasi.
Addressing a press conference here today, Congress spokesperson, Dr Jahanzaib Sirwal said that the people across the Chenab belt are living in extreme geographic and climatic conditions which is evident from the fact that landslides have become a permanent feature in the region as a result of which the road connectivity remains adversely affected throughout the year with connectivity in far flung and remote areas being virtually zero for months together.
Sirwal further said that the infrastructure pertaining to every sector is wanting due to abject negligence of the Union Territory administration. The cosmetic road, education and health infrastructure which are the basic essentials, lie in shambles across this tough mountainous region with the people of this region suffering the most and compelled to live in miserable conditions.
Dr Jahanzaib said that the people, residing in the entire Chenab belt, should be declared as Scheduled Tribe (ST) as they are facing discrimination and step-motherly treatment by the J&K Administration and Central Government on this count adding that lakhs of educated unemployed youth from the Chenab Valley region being the worst sufferers can be benefitted by declaring the people as STs as this would facilitate these youth in getting employment. He said that due to unemployment the youth of this region could be misled or misused by anti-national and anti-social elements.
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