Excelsior Correspondent
CHENANI, Mar 29: Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Parliamentary constituency Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that the development activity in the Udhampur-Kathua-Doda constituency, which was initiated soon after the 2014 election, continued uninterruptedly and tirelessly till the last day before the imposition of the election Model Code of Conduct (MCC), which is testified by the fact that while the very first proposal at the beginning of the five year term was for the construction of Keediyan-Gadhiyal Inter-State Bridge which has since been dedicated to the public, the last order secured from the Government at the end of the five year term and just before the imposition of the Model Code of Conduct, was to set up eight mobile towers along the International Border (IB) in district Kathua and 3 % reservation for residents of IB.
Addressing a series of public meetings at different spots including Bashat, Gauri Kund, Sudh Mahadev, Maan Talai and other places in the Chenani Assembly segment, Dr Jitendra Singh said, for those who are unable to see the development, we have offered to arrange transport and a Guide so that they may physically themselves visit some of these landmark monuments of development and take a selfie-picture there.
At Maan Talai, Dr Jitendra Singh also visited the house of martyred Indian Army soldier Shaheed Yashpal who had made the supreme sacrifice of his life during a military operation last week.
Dr Jitendra Singh challenged that it could be proved to anybody that five-year development activity in Udhampur-Kathua-Doda constituency was more than the total development in the last 65 years. Not only this, he said that many of the projects like Shahpur-Kandi Dam which had been deliberately sabotaged for the last 40 years by Congress, National Conference (NC) and PDP because of their Kashmir-centric priorities was revived with the intervention of the Modi Government and now the construction work is going on, which anybody can go and see for himself and which had also been lauded by the Punjab State Congress Government because this project is going to benefit not only Kathua and parts of Udhampur district, but also the Punjab district of Gurdaspur.
Since Congress and its allies have nothing to showcase as their development contribution during more than half-a-century of their rule, Dr Jitendra Singh said, they try, in vain, to confuse people by raising questions about the works yet to be taken up.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the credibility of our promises for the work in the next five-year term is borne out by the credibility of the fulfillment of the development proposals initiated in the last five-year term. He appealed to the people to vote for BJP so that more of the development works and national-level projects can be sanctioned for the constituency with the personal patronage and intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dr Jitendra Singh once again enumerated several first-ever mega projects, including Keediyan-Gadhiyal bridge, Engineering College, two Medical Colleges, Seed Processing Plant, Industrial Bio-tech Park, two Highway Villages, Katra-Delhi Expressway road corridor for which survey has already begun, Radio Station and Devika Project in Udhampur, National Institute of High Altitude Medicinal Plants at Bhaderwah, two Degree Colleges in Kathua district, Pakkal-Dhul Project at Kishtwar, Atal Setu in Basohli, Juthana Bridge, Phinter Bridge, three landmark road tunnels namely Chhattergalla tunnel, Khilaini-Shuddh Mahadev tunnel and Kaljugar tunnel, 12 BRO bridges including the Devika Bridge and Beini Bridge, Shahpur-Kandi project which had been in cold storage for 40 years.
During the meetings, Dr Jitendra Singh was accompanied by MLA Chenani Dina Nath Bhagat, Chairman Chenani Municipal Committee Deepak Gupta, Party Prabhari for Chenani Subhash Kumar, District BJYM President Akhil Parashar, various Mandal Presidents, local Surpanches and Panches and others.
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