Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 12: A team of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Jammu, led by its President Arun Gupta, today met Deputy Commissioner Jammu Avny Lavasa and discussed with her various issues related to trading community.
Felicitating Avny Lavasa for her appointment as Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Arun Gupta said that the Jammu Chamber has lots of hopes from the new Deputy Commissioner Jammu as her tenure as Commissioner JMC was also stupendous because areas falling under Jammu Municipal Corporation have witnessed many drastic changes under her headship.
“It was under your term that Jammu Municipal Corporation won the second prize for ‘Best Municipal Corporation in the Plastic Waste Management category’ at the Plastic Recycling Conference Asia 2.0. Of course, it was Avny Lavasa’s out of the box initiatives that have ensured recognition to JMC for its pioneering efforts in the field of plastic recycling”, he added
Arun Gupta further said that Jammu is looking forward for the better ties between traders and the administration. He said that people of Jammu are fortunate enough to have such a seasoned officer as the DC.
Meanwhile, gun manufacturers who accompanied the CCI team, highlighted their issues concerning transport license, no objection certificate and proof testing permissions of guns.
Arun Gupta said that the aforesaid things have been arbitrarily delayed at the DM’s office for the last over two months, thus causing trouble to gun manufacturer fraternity.
Upon listening to the issue of gun manufacturers, the DC Jammu assured to look into the matter at the earliest and also vowed to bring in procedural changes to streamline the entire process so that no one feels the pinch of arbitrariness of officials in the aforesaid office.
Avny Lavasa assured that Jammu Administration will leave no stone unturned to mitigate the problems of businessmen of the region besides offering them pedestal for flourishing their establishments and businesses as never before.
Among those, who were present, include Anil Gupta, Sr Vice President CCI; Rajeev Gupta, Jr Vice President CCI; Gaurav Gupta, Secretary General CCI and Rajesh Gupta, Secretary CCI.