Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 10: Member Legislative Assembly (MLA), Doda Shakti Raj Parihar today called on Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister, Sham Lal Chowdhary.
During the meeting, MLA raised drinking water problem being faced by people in his constituency.
Chief Engineer Jammu Province Sushil Aima, Executive Engineer Procurement and Executive Engineer Doda Davinder Singh Charak were also present during the meeting.
MLA explained briefly about the different issues related to shortage of drinking water in Bhagwah, Gadhi, Polda, Balwana, Shiva, Dhada, Balwana and Pariote-Jangalwad, starting of new supply schemes for the smooth availability of drinking water and irrigation facilities and shortage of pipes in the town. He added that prestigious Gadi-Bejari-Kanahal water supply scheme is also affected.
The Minister has assured to redress the issues at the earliest.
MLA Doda Shakti Raj Parihar in past two weeks held number of public darbars at Marmat, Kulhand, Dhara, Bhagwah where issues of the people were addressed.
Shakti said, “we fought the elections in J&K on agenda of development and since I became MLA, I have been relentlessly working to develop this backward constituency. The previous rulers and representatives have made figurative speech during election times to get political mileage, but nothing is visible on ground”.