Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, June 8: Provincial president of Youth National Conference for Jammu and former legislator, Ajaz Jan raised serious concern over the issues faced by the people of Poonch district in absence of popular Government in Jammu and Kashmir.
While interacting with people during his visit to far- flung area of Mandi and Poonch, the senior NC leader said that the residents of Mandi Tehsil and Poonch Tehsil of Poonch district are currently facing an acute shortage of drinking water due to the shortage of PHE linemen.
“This is affecting the water supply as single linemen are looking after 5 to 6 villages, causing several areas’ water lines to become defunct. As such, women in these areas have to cover long distances to access drinking water,” he added.
Jan expressed concern over the delay in clearing the pending liabilities under MGNREGA. These liabilities have been pending for over two years and require immediate attention, he said. Jan said that the roads in the entire Poonch district are in a dilapidated condition. He appealed to the Government to constitute a special team to inspect the dilapidation of roads and upgrade all such roads in Mandi Poonch with the aim of providing better road connectivity to the people.
NC leader raised serious concern over power bills on domestic connections, as power meters have not been installed in Mandi Tehsil and the Power Department is charging flat rate, despite people not receiving regular power supply. He requested the Government to install power meters so that people can pay power bills according to their usage.
Jan highlighted that the people of Poonch are not receiving the benefit of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme. He said that the relevant files have been gathering dust in the Government office since 2019. As the Poonch district may witness snowfall in next three months, he appealed to the Government to clear all the files related to PMAY as soon as possible so that the people get the benefit of aforesaid government scheme.
Senior leaders Abdul Ahad Bhatt, Abdul Razak, Bashir Naik, Imtaz Banday, Aslam Sheikh, Gulam Mohmad, Abdul Jabbar and others also accompanied.
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