Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 4: National Panthers Party (NPP) organized a massive rally in Sudh Mahadev today to draw the attention of the Government towards the basic problems faced by the common masses who were suffering due to their gross neglect at the hands of an apathetic and indifferent administration.
The NPP workers took out a massive rally which started from Bus Stand and culminated near Paap Nashini where the gathering was addressed by several party leaders including Harsh Dev Singh (former Minister and NPP president), Sukhdev Singh (founder member), Manju Singh besides other senior party leaders.
Addressing the huge gathering, Harsh Dev Singh who was the chief guest on the occasion, said that J&K had suffered socially, politically and economically after its re-organization and division into two Union Territories.
“With J&K having been divested of its statehood status, the trade, tourism and economy of the erstwhile princely Dogra state of the country has been adversely impacted. While the economy fast dissipated and the development scenario witnessed a downward slide, the ever growing unemployment seemed to be the only notable feature of the saffron rule,” Harsh Dev said.
Alleging that a deep rooted culture of corruption was prevalent in the UT, Singh called upon the vigilante organizations to keep a close watch over the functioning of various departments particularly PHE, Mining, Education, PWD, Power, CAPD and RDD. He said that the lackadaisical approach of the concerned authorities was responsible for the power and drinking water crisis in the majority of the rural areas.
He called for developing the tourism potential of Sudh Mahadev, Mantalai, Basht, Karlah, Chulyar, Bup and Sarar. He sought early clearances of liabilities and other work done claims of contractors and mates pending for the last 2-3 years in PWD, PHE, PDD etc. He also sought immediate release of compensation to the farmers whose lands and other structures were acquired for construction of PMGSY roads.
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