Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Mar 11: BJP MLA Jasrota, Rajiv Jasrotia inaugurated multiple development works in Panchayat Sowla and Tridwan of Keerian Gandyal block, Kathua. The package included 16 new lane drains with cover slabs, hard-facing of interior lanes and commissioning of a new transformer to improve voltage stability for homes, tubewells and small enterprises.
The programme was attended by field teams from RDD, Flood Control, PWD, PHE, PMGSY and PDD. At a public darbar, residents flagged low water pressure in Sowla, pending flood-control compensation for 2022 breaches, and vulnerable culverts ahead of Monsoon. PHE committed to revive a defunct standpost and conduct a chlorination check; PDD scheduled load-balancing and tripping audits; Flood Control agreed to a joint survey of weak embankments; PMGSY and PWD noted Phase-II lane priorities. Jasrotia said routine inspections would fast-track approvals and extended matching support to local Self-Help Groups for kitchen-garden and tailoring units, with work to be reviewed fortnightly.
In his address, Jasrotia framed the works as “last-mile delivery”-linking drains to Monsoon safety, lanes to market access, and the transformer to study hours for children and evening shifts for artisans. He praised engineers for completing soak-pits ahead of schedule and asked RDD to photograph each stretch weekly to keep payments transparent. He told locals that development “is not ribbon-cutting once, it is inspection every week.”
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