Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 11: Urging the residents of Srinagar to wake up to the infrastructure disaster in the capital city, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said the ruling National Conference had been treating it as a bonded territory only as a ladder to luxuries of power.
Addressing a workers meeting at Balhama in the Sonwar constituency here, he said no transformation of the historic city was possible till the NC enjoyed a free run in elections in Srinagar facilitated by poll boycott.
Citing the data available in public domain, Mufti said the share of Srinagar District had got reduced from 5.83% in 2006-07 to 3.29% in 2012-13 within the District Plan of the State. Srinagar is crumbling as the infrastructure development was not at all keeping pace with the pressures of increasing urbanisation and tourist inflow, he said adding 95% of Srinagar dwellings are unplanned leading to choking and other social problems with the Government busy only in compromises for its survival.
Mufti said though the ten legislators from Srinagar and Ganderbal districts were crucial to NC’s survival in power, the party had taken the residents there for granted considering that there would always be boycott in elections and they could run away with results in their favour. He said it was for the people to ponder over this situation and decide whether this situation should be allowed to perpetuate at the cost of their interests.
Mufti said instead of trying to build on the initiatives taken by the previous coalition to develop modern amenities in Srinagar the present Government had either delayed their execution or shelved them altogether.
Terming the claims of Government about development of Srinagar as false and misleading, Mufti said the city was still at a stage of growth where patch work on roads or fixing of a lighting post was projected as an achievement and a favour. “Projects are now used only to provide jobs to favourites through back door while out of the seven proposed flyovers not a single had been taken in hand even though this Government is now on its last leg”, Mufti said.
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