Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 21: All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) has urged the Deputy Commissioner Jammu and Department of Jal Jeevan Mission/ PHE of district Jammu to abide by the guidelines of Jal Jeevan Mission and implement the projects and plans prepared and approved by Panchayats and Gram Sabhas.
AJKPC president Anil Sharma along with other PRI members of Akhnoor Block during a press conference in Jammu today informed that officers of PHE Division and Sub Division Akhnoor are blatantly ignoring the proposals and projects forwarded by the PRIs which they had prepared after due deliberations with the local Junior Engineers and field staff. These proposal are thrown in trash bin by the concerned XEN and AEE.
Sharma said that the proposals of construction of Over Head Tanks (OHTs) and Ground Service Reservoirs’ (GSRs) are being struck off by the officers of PHE Department Akhnoor without assigning any valid reason to the elected Panchayat Members which is not only disrespect to the elected institutions of Panchayati Raj but also injustice with the locals as these plans prepared by the locals are made after due deliberations with all stakeholders of the Panchayats and keeping in mind the local needs and requirements of the public.
AJKPC president appealed the Director, Jal Jeevan Mission to intervene in the matter otherwise their organization may hold protest demonstration to press for their demands. Sharma said minimum 55 litres clean water has to be provided to each individual of a family under Jal Jeevan Mission but with the kind of schemes approved by the PHE officers of Akhnoor, this target cannot be achieved.
Prominent AJKPC leaders who also remained during Press Conference include Des Raj Bhagat, Ram Saroop Sharma, Prabh Dayal, Ganesh Dass, Kishori Lal, Varinder Kumar, Som Nath, Bal Krishan and Sudesh Kumar.
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