Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 18: To interact with people in remote area for highlighting their grievances and demands, a team of senior Congress leaders conducted two-day tour of far flung areas of Udhampur district.
Led by District president Ashok Gupta and comprising of Krishan Bhagat (ex MLA), PCC secretary Vijay Manhas, Ashok Bakshi, Vinod Khajuria and Om Parkash (block president Majalta) , the team visited Dudu, Jakhed , Chappar, Latti and Maroothi of Chennani constituency where a series of public meetings were held.
While addressing the party workers, Ashok Gupta urged the administration to immediately provide doctors at Dudu and Latti hospitals. He said that for the last 2 years no MBBS doctor has been posted there with the result people of this hilly terrain were suffering badly for want of proper medical facilities.
He further said that students were facing much difficulty because of shortage of teaching staff in the Government schools, particularly high school Dudu and high school Marothi.
Ex MLA Krishan Chander Bhagat, while addressing, alleged that no development works was going on in this area while the concerned BDO was unavailable to public. He further said that the road condition was worst and it was not possible to shift a patient smoothly from there to distract hospital Udhampur.
The Congress leaders assured the people to highlight their grievances before the concerned authorities and get the same addressed.