Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Apr 18: Accusing the present regime for its indifference and neglect of the common masses facing denial of even the basic amenities, Harsh Dev Singh, former Minister and JKNPP leader said that a democratically elected Govt alone was the panacea for the ills afflicting the centrally ruled UT of J&K.
He said that Babus requisitioned from other States had hardly any idea about the peculiar problems of the UT’s diversities and had failed to satisfy the urges of the people. While the common masses had hardly any access to the ‘babus’ operating from their cocooned Chambers, the latter too seemed to have abdicated their responsibilities of interacting with public so as to ascertain their difficulties and to take the appropriate remedial action for redressal of their genuine grievances, he added, while addressing public meetings in Langa and Dhandhal villages of Chenani constituency today.
“While the frequent power outages and acute drinking water problems have made the lives of people a living hell, the helmsmen seem to be least bothered about the sufferings of the public. As the affected people are protesting on roads on day to day basis, bureaucracy prefer to remain cocooned in their sanitized environment quite unmindful of the woes of the agitating masses,” said Harsh Dev.
He alleged that not only was the common man annoyed over the administrative apathy towards their basic concerns but varied sections of society had expressed their disapproval with the proxy rule of the centre. The unemployed youth including the contractuals, consolidated and daily wagers assured of a fair deal had all felt betrayed and cheated and were fighting for their rights on roads and streets with none to listen to their woes, he added.
Singh maintained that the people in the rural areas in particular were the worst victims of Govt apathy with none to respond to their shrill cries for justice. Deprived of proper connectivity and communication, the people residing in several remote and far-flung areas had lost contacts with the civilized world due to road blocks and disruption of traffic on damaged roads for months together but there were no takers for even the defunct schools thereby jeopardizing the careers of rural students, he alleged.
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