Jammu and Kashmir has faced the brunt of terrorism for almost three decades, factually since 1980’s when world had not tasted the bitter pill of terrorism. The bloodshed for three decades was unprecedented with no one safe. Leave alone development even daily survival was next to impossible as no one knew who will be caught next in cross firing or stone pelting, business virtually at standstill with daily hartal calendar so much so that even mosques were not spared. It was a mayhem and chaos never witnessed anywhere in India. The catastrophe under dynasts rule got overturned on 5 August 2019 as Article 370 got abrogated, midas touch of GoI wielded a magic wand as things fell in line like never before. Schools, business establishments are open without any fear of hartals or stone pelting calendars. 890 Central laws implemented, 250 vague state laws removed and 130 state laws stand modified. Despite COVID, the development push of Jammu and Kashmir has been unparalleled. Infra projects got a major push with new industrial development policy in place, valid till 2037 with the result investors like Lulu Group, EMAAR, Jindal Group, Apollo, Al Maya Group, Century Financial to name a few are all onboard to invest in J&K. Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana thousands of kilometers of roads constructed, more than 25 NH projects with hundreds of bridges, tunnels are under construction right now. J&K is now proud UT of 2 AIIMS, 2 State Cancer Institutes, IIT, IIM, 7 new GMCs, 15 nursing colleges, a big push for Health and Education Infra. Major push to Power Infra with transmission capacity augmented on war footing, 21 hydro-electric projects with installed capacity of around 5200 MW are under construction. While projects for beautification of Srinagar like laser shows, musical fountains, floating theatre already done, Jammu is also having war footing work on Tawi River Front, Artifical Lake, Heritage City , Zoo, Lord Balaji Temple replica and many more. Gone are the days of discrimination. On social front marginalised SCs, WPRs and STs are getting their due share now. No more Valmiki kids are not eligible for Government jobs, they are very much now part of mainstream, equal opportunities for everyone on all platforms. With Article 35 A also gone, daughters married outside the UT are getting their due rights back, all getting Domicile certificates issued. ST status for Pahari people and reserved constituencies now for ST and SC to empower them politically. Successful elections of Panchayat, followed by BDC and subsequently DDC elections also conducted successfully to ensure grass root level democracy. No more MLAs are sole fate decider of projects without ground level knowledge of requirements. On tourism front, highest ever tourist footfall in Jammu and Kashmir with never seen before tourists projects of ropeways, Lakes development, Smart Cities of Jammu and Srinagar being developed on war footing now. E-rickshaws, E-autos and E-buses are operating for securing even environment. Digitisation of Revenue records, introduction of single window web services, 100% Aadhar seeding, e-Shram cards are major initiatives taken under E-Governance, much to relief of general public. Dynast politics is the story of the past now as transparency, accountability, zero terrorism tolerance policy and accountability has ushered new development mantra for UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
The GoI and LG administration are working in tandem and have set right the things till now, stablisation of changed security scenario is a must along with political stability to achieve set economic growth and development targets.
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