Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Dec 12: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today held a massive rally in Udhampur Town under the leadership of Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman AAP J&K SCC and former Minister against the alleged Govt failure in ensuring even the basic civic amenities to the people of District Udhampur.
The protestors assembled in the Mini Stadium Udhampur in the morning and took out a procession in the town which started from Jal Shakti Deptt office and after passing through, PMGSY office Municipal Council office, Power Deptt office, main bazaar and Rural Development office culminated at DC office where a memorandum was submitted pointing towards alleged acts of omission and commission.
While addressing the gathering, Harsh Dev Singh said that acute mess prevailed in almost all Deptts in the District and particularly in PMGSY, Jal Shakti, Power Deptt, Education, Local Bodies, RDD, Revenue Deptt, NHAI etc with none to listen to the shrill cries of the public for provision and even restoration of essential services.
Pointing towards the acute drinking water problems in town as well as rural areas, Singh said that all tall claims of Govt in providing ‘Har Ghar Nal’ had proved to be a cruel joke with people forced to fetch water from natural sources like springs, wells, ponds and Nallahs.
Charging the corrupt elements in the system of having diverted and siphoned funds meant for compensation for lands and houses acquired for PMGSY roads, Singh regretted that even the funds released by GoI during the last 8-10 years had not been disbursed to the affected land and house owners. Likewise, he added, the compensation for crop loss to farmers was released last year by the Govt but had not been disbursed to affected farmers till date.
AAP leader also pointed towards the shabby plight of roads under PMGSY and NHAI adding further that payments due to labourers and mates had been inordinately delayed by the executing agencies of the said depttss. He alleged that Udhampur City had been converted into a dustbin with hillocks of garbage raised in various parts much to the discomfiture and annoyance of the inhabitants therein.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion, included Manju Singh, Ashri Devi (DDC), Raj Kapoor, Des Raj (BDC Chairman), Dharam Singh Bittu, Rampaul Bhagat, Col (Rtd) Som Raj Sharma, Ravi Shastri, Varun Bhagat and around two dozen Sarpanchs.
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