Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Jan 30: Former MoS Home and MLC from Kishtwar, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo today cautioned the Government of Jammu and Kashmir headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik over tinkering with the State’s own resources by handing over the prestigious State owned 850 MW Rattle Power Project to NHPC for execution.
In a press statement, NC MLC Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo said that BJP and PDP Government had demolished the State institutions that were strengthened during National Conference rule. He added that now the Governor Administration is mulling to handover Rattle Power Project to NHPC—the move which the local people of Chenab valley will resist with tooth and nail.
Kichloo said that Rattle Project was started by NC Government led by Omar Abdullah in one of the neat and clean bidding process that ever took place in India along with Lower Kalnia Power Project with an aim to give uplift to power sector in the state of Jammu and Kashmir but due to bad policies of the previous PDP-BJP Government, both projects are lying abandoned since last three year.
The NC MLC said that the BJP leaders force the closure of work of Rattle Power Project by creating hooliganism at project site. He said that it was NC Government who played key role in construction of 2 stage 900 MW Baghliar Power project, besides setting the stage for 1856 MW Shawlakot Power Project which too was sabotage by the PDP Government at that time.
He said that the unemployed youths were denied the job in Pakal-Dool Power Project where non locals were engaged at the cost of the local unemployed youths with active support of former Power Minister.
The former MoS Home said that the PM package for reconstruction of power project is hoax and dream seller where the State gets nothing in reality on ground. He said that NC will not remain as mute spectators by allowing the present Government to handover the State owned resources to NHPC who already had encroached State resources like Dool-Hasti Power Project.
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