Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Feb 28: BJP MLA. Rajiv Jasrotia rolled out a slate of public works across Jasrota’s Panchayats on Friday, with a combined outlay of Rs 68.20 lakh aimed at power reliability, water access, connectivity and community facilities. Eight new distribution transformers (Rs 38 lakh) headlined the inauguration, promising steadier rural supply. Two community sheds—in Panchayat Uttri and Barwal West Rs 8 lakh—will serve as local gathering spaces for meetings and events. The MLA also opened five lanes and drains in Barwal West, Forelain West, Bhorthain North and Bhorthain South (Rs13.20 lakh) to ease movement and curb waterlogging, and a borewell in Uttri (Rs 4 lakh) to shore up drinking-water access. Adding a youth-sports push, solar lights worth Rs 5 lakh were inaugurated at the stadium in Panchayat Rakh Lachipur—a practical upgrade for evening practice and games.
Speaking at Uttri, Jasrotia framed the works as “Bijli-Paani-Sadak made visible,” stressing that reliable power and water are not sops but foundations for home incomes, classrooms and clinics. He thanked engineers and Panchayats for time-bound execution and asked residents to treat transformers, sheds and drains as shared assets—reporting faults early, keeping premises clean, and guarding equipment.
In Barwal West and the Bhorthain clusters, he linked lanes and drains to safety and farm-to-market speed, noting that all-weather links reduce spoilage and help students reach schools during rains. At Rakh Lachipur’s Stadium, he pitched the solar lights in human terms—“an extra hour for our children to play and train after dusk”—and pledged to widen sports infrastructure so village talent gets ground time, not excuses.
Officials on site included Executive Engineer, PDD Mohd Shafi, Executive Engineer, PHE Sumesh, BDO Barnoti Suraj Singh, and AEE, PHE Civil Himanshu, with flood control and irrigation teams present. Local leaders—Sarpanches Sukhdev Singh, Shiv Dev Singh, Parshotam Singh; Bodh Raj Syana Mandal Pradhan, Balwant Singh; Lambardar Tarsem Lal; Capt (retd) Sandeep, Capt (retd) Vijay; SGPC Member Daljeet Singh; Panchayat members Vinod and others—joined residents. Jasrotia credited officials and Gram Panchayats for monitoring execution and urged villagers to safeguard the new assets, calling the works part of a sustained rural uplift drive in his constituency.
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