Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Feb 5: The activists of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) and local youth and farmers from Moud, Bali, Samroli, Chirdi, Kithers and Madda Panchayats led by NPP State president Balwant Singh Mankotia (Ex-MLA) held a protest demonstration at Moud in front of the office of M/s Gammon India Ltd today.
The local public also took out rally at the village and blocked National Highway at Moud in support of their demands. They alleged that local youth are being ignored by the company management in providing employment, moreover, famers whose land has been acquired for construction of 4-lane highway ahead of Udhamnpur have not been paid compensation. Same is the complaint of the people residing between Udhampur and Chenani.
Mr Mankotia blamed M/s Gammon India Pvt Ltd for construction of their office forcibly at village Moud on private land without the consent of the land owners in connivance with some officials in local administration. He further said that the company had allotted work to the contractors from Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab etc instead of local contractors of the said area who were blatantly ignored and as such they had only option to start strong agitation against the company. He also said that company had engaged hundreds of youth in the company from outside while ignoring the local youth. He added that Panthers Party shall fully support the agitating youth, contractors, local residents and farmers.
The Ex-MLA warned the company management to resolve the aforesaid issues within weeks time or else Panthers Party shall take the agitational course against them.
Others who were present in the protest demonstration included Jagdev Singh, Mohd Amin, Mohd Zafar, Rafiq Chandil Sarpanch, Mohd Mirza Khan, Shankar Singh and Baldev Singh.
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