Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 26: J&K National Conference general secretary Ali Mohd Sagar today decried the lack of basic civic facilities Chenab belt saying that the lack of basic amenities in the region deflates the tall claims of incumbent administration on equitable development of the State.
While concluding the week long tour of the Doda-Kishtwar area, party’s general secretary said the people living in the arduous region have been left to fend for themselves. “The area is rich in natural resources like hydroelectric power, minerals like gypsum and sapphire, which have been filling the coffers of the Government. But when it comes to providing the benefit of these resources to the locals, the successive Government after 2015 have miserably failed to invest into the infrastructure, health and education sectors of the region. The area also faces hours of power cuts. The region lacks in education, health, road infrastructure and other sectors. Nothing substantial was done to give impetus to the development prospects of the region,” he said.
Sagar said the region has been at the receiving end due to the myopic approach of the successive Governments after 2015. “The governance deficit during the past few years has accumulated the problems of people in the region. The incumbent Governor Administration has failed to come up with the corrective measures for putting the State in particular the Chenab and Pir Panchal region back on the track of development. The roads in the regions are battered; the inter-regional connectivity in the region is poor. The region lacks in basic amenities. The people of the region have to move to Jammu or Srinagar to get treatment for basic ailments. The neonatal, child care facilities are poor, ” he added.
NC leader said the people of the region were feeling threatened by politics of hate and communal divide being thrust upon them. “The people of all the three regions and faiths are genuinely concerned at the attempts being made to generate regional divide and engineer communal polarization for ulterior political motives,” he said,
“Deliberate attempts are being made to create fissures among different communities for vote bank politics in the Chenab region, but the people of the area understand these machinations and will not allow them to succeed,” he said.
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