Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Nov 12: Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Abdul Gani Kohli today convened public grievances redressal camps in Bodhal and Gundi villages in Kalakote constituency and took stock of people’s issues.
The Minister assured the people that all issues projected by them would be given due consideration for an early redressal. He issued on the spot directions to the district administration to look into all these matters and initiate necessary action for resolving the same.
The Minister asked the administration to further gear up their field functionaries and ensure that all the development programmes being executed in these areas are effectively monitored for quality and timely completion. He made a special mention of ongoing developmental works in Kalakot constituency asking the officers to accelerate the pace of progress on these works for timely completion. He also asked them to ensure judicious utilization of earmarked funds so that the purpose behind launching development schemes is not marred.
Expressing concern over lack of proper basic services in the constituency, the Minister asked the officers for a fresh survey of such areas and habitations so that the actual requirements are identified and thus provided to the people. In this regard, he asked for preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for new projects for submission to the concerned authorities.
The Minister said that the Government is committed to provide enhanced facilities of road connectivity, health, education, power and adequate drinking water to all the areas of the State especially far flung and remote areas. He said without connectivity the development is not possible adding that the instructions have already been given to the concerned to frame DPRs of those areas and habitations who have not been covered under road connectivity so far.
BJP vice president Yudhvir Sethi also addressed the meeting. He said revival of Travel and Trade between India and Pakistan is biggest CBM and this helps local people get business as well. Both Rajouri and Poonch districts he said are hagign immense tourism potential and govetnment is doing its best to ensure that places like Noorie Chamb, Peer Gali, Shahadra Sharief, Gurdwara Nagali Sahib and Budha Amarnath become popular destinations amongst tourists as well as pilgrims.
Favouring development of wayside areas, Yudhvir said that starting of helicopter services in Rajouri is good and can help patients in a big way. He also favoured establishing some good institutions in twin border districts like that of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University to develop areas as educational hubs.
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