Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 4: Accusing the J&K Govt of making haughty claims over ‘accountability’ and ‘corruption free dispensation’ in the UT, NPP leader and former minister Harsh Dev Singh today said that the ground reality was invariably in inverse proportion to the articulation of the said slogans.
“With corruption having become all pervasive and work culture conspicuously missing, the state of governance was utterly pathetic. The corrupt and the non- performers continuing to occupy significant positions, the tall pronouncements and lofty slogans of the Govt of cleansing the system and bringing transparency had proved as mere ‘Jumlas’. And the most unfortunate aspect of the governance was non initiation of any action against the delinquent officers despite repeated public complaints, reminders and representatives made in the grievances cells created by the Govt”, Singh said while addressing a press conference in Jammu today.
Ridiculing the Govt’s repeated statements of dismissing the ‘deadwood’ and ‘corrupt’, Singh reiterated his demand asking the Govt to explain what it actually meant by the said terms. While the inconvenient and un-influential officers were being terminated, the most corrupt and non- performing liabilities in the system were being given lucrative posting thus making a mockery of its tall claims.
He maintained that Udhampur episode of PWD Department was only a tip of the iceberg with several such instances occurring on regular basis in Ramnagar sub division of the said district with none to take cognizance of brazen loot and plunder of Govt funds despite frequent public cries and clamours. Not only were the funds meant for public works siphoned but officers had deprived the bonafide beneficiaries of their legitimate claims.
Pointing towards the non-disbursement of house compensation to hundreds of farmers of Chenani, Dudu, Ramnagar and Ghordi blocks by the respective collectors for their residential units dismantled for construction of PMGSY roads 8-9 years back, Singh said that it provided the most glaring example of official red tape, non- performance and corruption besides contempt for the poor, indigent villagers.
He said that despite funds having been placed at the disposal of District Collectors/SDMs by the PMGSY Deptt 7-8 years back, the funds have been withheld for extraneous reasons.
He invited the attention of LG towards hundreds of hand pumps having become non operational in Chenani and Ramnagar constituency with ground water wing of Jal Shakti Deptt refusing to operationalize them.
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