Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Sept 9: Member Legislative Council Firdous Tak has said that the present dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir was focusing on the connectivity in order to uplift socio- economic condition of the rural population.
“One of the major hurdles in the development process is the lack of connectivity. Realising this fact the State Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is laying special focus on rural connectivity”, Tak said adding that the way in which the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department has taken up the work in mission mode the state will be at par with neighbouring states with regard to connectivity in next couple of years.
Tak was addressing series of public meetings during his two days tour of Dachan area of Kishtwar. During these meetings, he got the feedback about working of various Government departments and listened to the grievances of the people.
He said that the Late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has gifted various prestigious projects to this region and one of them is Dachan-Marwah Road which will connect around 20,000 souls with rest of the state. ” This will be the all weather surface connectivity to the area and will lead economic upliftment”, he said urging the State Government to press more machinery into service in order to expedite the work on the prestigious road project.
“The creation of PDP created a political alternative in Jammu and Kashmir and with its peoples’ friendly policies and programmes the party was able to win back the trust of people of democratic setup thus providing legitimacy to political setup”, he said.
Tak urged the State Government to ensure early dispatch of ration to the area. “I have been told that people were without ration supply since July due to the fact that ration has not been dispatched following construction of road”, he said while drawing the attention of the concerned minister towards the fact that being snow bound area the population will suffer in case the food grain is not dispatched and dumped before onset of winters.
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