Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 23: Concluding his three-day whirlwind tour of various villages of Ghordi and Seuna blocks of Chenani constituency, Harsh Dev Singh, chairman JKNPP and former Minister, expressed his grave concern over the deprivation and neglect faced by the people of these villages even with regard to provision of basic amenities.
With the mandated leaders having abandoned the rural poor after their ascendance to power and an unconcerned bureaucracy having abdicated its responsibility towards them, the people inhabiting these hilly and far-flung villages had become the worst victims of the Government-politician apathy and indifference, said Singh. He was addressing public meetings at Champedi, Najad, Seuna and Satyalta in the final leg of his tour of Chenani constituency.
“With people reeling under acute power and water crisis in majority of the villages, the concerned officers seemed to have buried their heads in the sand. The people of several villages including Chajj, Lower Mada, Champedi, Bandhole, Naugalta, Dhandal, Prowa has to travel several kilometres on foot to fetch water from the nallahs and rivers in view of non-provision of piped water despite loud slogans trumpeted by the Government,” he lamented.
Harsh Dev said the power scenario is worst in Matlowa, Dhandal, Prowa Jagir, Satyalta, Naugalta, Nepha etc with several households still without power connectivity and several others connected through rotten wooden poles. The low voltage problem was found in majority of remote area villages with no action whatsoever to ensure adequate power supply, he added.
Coming down heavily on the PMGSY department, Singh sought the immediate completion of Tandhar-Satyalta, Barmeen-Sarsu and Satyalta-Charat-Pakhlai roads which were lingering on for the last around 9-10 years. He called for a high level probe into the slipshod works and substandard materials used in the construction of Chenani-Tandhar road, Barmeen-Satyalta road and Kither ladha road, which had got damaged within six months of their completion/construction.
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