Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 1: Former Deputy Chief Minister & BJP senior leader, Kavinder Gupta started the blacktopping of the interior roads of Apna Vihar in Gangyal area of Gandhi Nagar Constituency in presence of a large number of local residents.
While addressing the gathering present on the occasion, Kavinder Gupta, who is also former MLA, said that the work started has been sanctioned earlier and after its completion, Apna Vihar residents will witness a face lift of the area. He said that he is duty bound to serve the people of the State in general and Gandhi Nagar area in particular. He said that he had made a promise during the 2014 elections to make Gandhi Nagar Constituency a model Constituency. To accomplish the dream, he has initiated various developmental works and today the public can see the roads of rural areas, Gandhi Nagar, Shastri Nagar area, Trikuta Nagar, Nanak Nagar, Bahu area, where many works either have been completed or near completion. “The duty of the elected representative is to serve the people of the Constituency and I have made sincere efforts to reach out to people of the Constituency for the provisions of the basic amenities to the public”, Gupta said and added that his doors are always open to the public.
Kavinder also lauded the decision of the Governor’s administration for contemplating to simplify the procedure for grant of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs). He said this is a good step if implemented in the State with the clause of getting the system online for the issuance of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs) on the pattern of birth/death certificates issued by the Municipal Corporations and registration of marriage certificates along with other such certificates from the respective District Magistrate’s offices, on online application for passports etc.
The required formalities can be uploaded by the applicants on the portal in addition to linking of the same with the Revenue Department and the verification in this regard can be done by the Department on the pattern of process of issuance of Passports. He further said that the issuance of PRCs can be linked to Aadhar numbers and finger print sensing and registering machines be utilized for the service. The corruption involved in the old process for the issuance of the PRCs shall be checked. The timeline should be fixed for issuance of PRCs under Public Services Guarantee Act.
The citizens of the area expressed gratitude to Kavinder Gupta for keeping his promise of providing them basic facilities
Councillors Baldev Singh Billawaria, Pritam Singh, Vijay Gupta, Jagdish Langer and others were present on the occasion.
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