Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: Former Deputy Chief Minister & BJP senior leader, Kavinder Gupta toured Gandhi Nagar constituency and started work of deep drain at Ambedkar Nagar in Ward 52, Trikuta Nagar. In his address to the gathering on the occasion, Gupta said that Union Government is committed to provide all basic amenities like adequate drinking water, power, education, healthcare and other civic facilities to the people of J&K, especially in the areas where there is lack of basic amenities.
He said the Gandhi Nagar constituency is moving towards achieving the status of a Model constituency. In last four years Gangyal has witnessed a massive facelift by means of various developmental works viz. Rs 32 crore worth Rajiv Gandhi Hospital additional block, Rs 12 crore building of Nursing College, Shahidi Park worth Rs 5.5 crore, roads worth Rs three crore, deep drain in the middle of Gangyal worth more than Rs 27 crore, Electric supply station upgradation etc. Among local leaders of BJP and BJYM present on the occasion were district president BJP- Vinay Gupta, district general secretary, Ankush Gupta, BJP Mandal president and Councillor Neeraj Lucky Puri, councillor Ajay Gupta, Narinder Koki and Nitin.
Criticizing Congress, Gupta said its leaders use to wear the lenses imported from Italy that’s why the development in the J&K in general and constituency in particular is invisible to them.
Gupta said BJP believes in delivery instead of false promises as is done by other political parties. Referring to the developmental works under execution in Gandhi Nagar constituency, Gupta lauded the role of executing agencies being played during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and said that the construction of various developmental projects is apace and on completion of these schemes it will change the socio-economic conditions of the people of the area.
Kavinder said that development programmes have been launched in the constituency with the aim to provide better amenities to the people. On the occasion, local people projected charter of demands which included construction and up-gradation of lanes and drains in the area. Gupta assured them that work on all the approved projects will be started as early as possible. He said the construction work on various ongoing developmental projects is apace in the area.
Taking dig at previous representative prior 2014, Gupta said, “We don’t believe in beating drums for highlighting our works”, “The public service is our prime concern and the present Government is committed to provide the same., I inherited a constituency where every department was in a state of dismay”, he added.
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