Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 12: Senior Congress leader M K Bhardwaj has said that people residing in border areas such as Arnia have been totally neglected by the Centre and the State Governments despite braving unprovoked Pak onslaught.
Addressing a meeting of Congress workers, the party sympathizers and prominent citizens of the border town and adjoining areas, he said it is an irony that while people of border areas are preparing in a big way to celebrate Independence Day, the Governments and the ruling party of the day are busy engineering defections to form a Government in the State.
He said that all promises made by Modi Government and the BJP participated dispensation in Jammu have proved hollow.
Declaring that he would do everything for redressing the difficulties of people of Arnia and other border areas, Bhardwaj demanded opening of degree college at Arnia, Sub District Hospital with all facilities to meet any contingency in the border town, upgradation and repair of all roads of Arnia and border villages, water of Ranbir canal be provided to the fields of border villages of Arnia and other surrounding villages by desilting and upgradation of irrigation network.
Bhardwaj also demanded payment of compensation for the loss caused to the persons and properties of the people of the border areas, waive off loan of the traders of the area and compensation should be paid to them.
Reminding the Governments that people of these areas being predominantly in agriculture related avocations, he lambasted the poor state of irrigation network, power supply, road network and other civic amenities.
Ashok Dubey, Senior Congress leader gave a clarion call to people to teach a lesson to the power hungry leadership as they have no place for common persons.
Among those who addressed the meeting were Block Congress Committee President Krishan Saini, Dr OP Saini, Rajwant Singh, Attar Singh, Captain Wazir Singh, Dr Nagarmal Choudary, Captain Dharam Singh Jatt, etc.
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