Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 30: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference State secretary Sakina Itoo today said that the incumbent administration has miserably failed to address peoples’ issues particularly of district Kulgam which has fallen off the development radar.
Addressing a workers convention at Humpathar in block DK Marg, Sakina said that DK Marg is endowed with natural meadows and mountains with immense tourism but the successive governments post 2015 have failed to tap this potential to uplift the economic growth and development in the region.
“Panchan Pathri in DK Marg, with its open lush grounds serves as an ideal picnic spot for those looking for leisure travel and offers a perfect skiing opportunity during winters. Unfortunately, nothing substantial is being done to tap this potential. On our request, MP Masoodi had also written to the concerned authorities to unlock the tourism potential of the region but the long pending demand continues to remain unaddressed,” she said.
Sakina said the strife- torn Kulgam in general and DK Marg, in particular, needs special attention of the administration. “People are hankering for administrative comfort. Unfortunately none is coming their way. We only keep hearing that so and so number of works have been executed under various flagship schemes but none of it is visible on ground. It is only confined to files and photo ops. The ground situation is completely different. The people of this area are suffering from development deficit, administration inertia, paucity of public utility services,” she added.
“Majority of South Kashmir districts are facing immense hardships because of the faulty movement of fruit-laden trucks. Fruit growers in your district are complaining about the horticulture-related facilities. But the government has turned blind eye to these lingering issues,” Sakina regretted.
The NC leader pointed out that there was dearth of faculty and staff in local PHCs, schools and colleges. The students are badly suffering but the authorities at the helm of affairs are least bothered about their plight.
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