Excelsior Correspondent
GANDERBAL, May 3: Senior PDP leader and Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar today asked the party cadres to act as agents of change as they have a crucial role to play and a great responsibility to discharge in shaping up a politically stable and economically vibrant Jammu & Kashmir.
Addressing day-long PDP workers convention here, Akhtar said the formation of PDP-BJP coalition is aimed at not only change of Government in the State but its objective is to transform the very system of governance by addressing the concerns of misgovernance, corruption and maladministration. He said that credibility and image of the present political executive at the top, unlike the past, is above board and it is a matter of time when the new culture of accountability would percolate down to the grassroots level.
“The present Government has to not only undo the damage done by the previous regime and cope up with the challenges of flood-aftermath, but it has to put in place a new mechanism of clean and accountable administration so that people at the grassroots level feel the change,” he said and added that PDP cadres will have to act as the torch-bearers of this new enterprise for hope which will start showing results soon.
Addressing the convention, senior PDP leader and Minister for R&B Department, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari said the Government was fast-tracking restoration and upgradation of roads and bridges by ending red-tape in award of contracts for the purpose. “Tenders for upgradation of roads are being opened on 11 May 2015 and as and when the weather permits, black-topping would start at a massive scale to ensure proper restoration of all the major roads in the State,” he added.
Bukhari said as per new norms prescribed by the Government contractors will be held responsible for any damage to black-topping during the first three years. He urged the Panchayat members and the PDP cadres to monitor the developmental works being executed in their respective areas and inform the Government functionaries about any laxity in such works so that necessary remedial measures are taken immediately. He said the ministers are there at the beck and call of the people who have elected them.
PDP general secretary Nizamuddin Bhat, Member Parliament Fayaz Ahmad Mir, MLC, Yasir Reshi and local PDP leaders, Qazi Mohammad Afzal and Bashir Ahmad Mir also addressed the convention.
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