Water supplied after 6 days and that too for 30 minutes
Sanjeev K. Sharma
JAMMU, Jan 8: Many parts of Ward number 65 of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) lacked development and the residents there have openly flayed the concerned authorities for this.
Areas of the Ward include Nagbani, Gajansingh Pura, Patoli Brahmana, Barnai, Gurah Brahmana, Dream City Muthi, Dharmal, Mohalla Manhas and Chibba Chack.
An interaction with some of the residents of the Ward revealed the resentment they have against the authorities responsible for the pathetic conditions they are living in.
Dream City Muthi resident B.L Dhar, 61, a retired government employee said his locality lacked metalled road and proper lanes and drains.
“Lane number 1 to 3 of Dream City have no street light and we brought the issue into the notice of the Councillor and also met Executive Engineer concerned in this regard but nothing fruitful emerged so far.”
He informed that land for a park in the locality has been encroached.
Dhar also said that they have given a memorandum listing problems of their area to JMC Mayor, Rajinder Sharma, Commissioner, Rahul Yadav and have also sent it to the Lieutenant Governor by putting it on government portal.
It is pertinent to mention here that though more than four years of the mandatory tenure of five for the elected body of JMC have passed, many developmental works have not been completed yet while many of such works have even not seen the light of the day.
Utma Devi, 52, a housewife at Bhadarwahi Mohalla in Gurah Brahmana said that water is supplied in their locality after 6 days and that too for 30-40 minutes.
She claimed that there are many other problems in the Mohalla like poor lanes and drains etc.
Bagh Singh, 83, a retired teacher, said that Safai Karamcharis rarely visit their locality for cleaning the lanes.
He said that women of the Mohalla visit tube-well to get water while most of the people pay to water tankers and get water at their homes.
“We left our homes in Doda due to militancy and settled here but we are facing unwanted problems here due to lack of basic amenities,” Singh maintained.
Om Raj, 68, retired employee from the same Mohalla said that lanes and drains in his Mohalla are not yet constructed because of which household waste waters comes on Kuchha lanes making them slippery.
He also said that Street Lights are not there in most of the area of his Mohalla.
Anuradha Puram Barnai resident Ram Singh, 62, a retired government employee informed that his locality in Ward number 65 is suffering from poor lanes and drains and drainage system is totally collapsed there.
“Roads here are in very bad condition and there is a pond which overflows in rainy season leaving the gushing water into residential houses thereby inflicting damages,” he further said.
Other residents of the area informed that some street lights in their locality are not working and none has visited there to repair them.
They also said that the auto collecting garbage by moving from door-to-door visits their locality on alternate days.
Many more residents of the area had complaints regarding leakage of water supply pipes.
They informed that their locality has no Public Bathroom though there is a structure like that but it has been not put to public use so far.
Residents of Anuradha Puram also said that there is no Community Hall, no Public Toilet and no playground in their area.
More residents of the locality informed that Shishu Smadhis in the area have been encroached.
People from other parts of the Ward informed that there are many hanging wires and damaged poles and there are many active drug addicts and peddlers in the Ward for which the police should take a cognisance.
The Ward also needs some high mast lights.
Some Ward residents informed that with efforts of the Councillor, Anita Sharma almost all the residents of the Ward have made their Ayushman Cards and most of the eligible Voters have got their Voter Cards and same is the status of Domicile Certificates there.
They said that the Councillor also helped many people including widows, physically challenged and old age persons of her Ward to get pension but the newly introduced rule for these pensions exclusively to Below Poverty Line people is creating problems for others. When contacted, Anita Sharma, Councillor of the Ward who won as an Independent candidate and is a first time Councillor said that lack of funds remained the reason for poor developments in the Ward.
She also informed that the contractors engaged with the developmental works are not taking their work seriously due to which the public is suffering.
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