Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Mar 9: District Congress Committee (DCC) Leh organised a protest “Chorahai Pe Charcha” at Balkhang Chowk today. The protest was held under chairmanship of DCC president, Tsering Samphel to highlight various issues including skyrocketing airfare.
Highlighting the burning problems being faced by the public particularly the student community studying outside Ladakh and the patients from Ladakh who are charged skyrocketing airfare by airlines on Leh sectors, DCC President, Tsering Samphel called it a callous attitude of ruling party towards Ladakh and their negligence of Ladakhi interest.
He alleged that parking charges in Leh are very high, people of Khaltsi Sub-Division and few other areas are facing delay in getting PRCs and ST certificates. They also alleged that many of the projects started during Congress regime are being deliberately delayed on petty political grounds and work on the sewerage water supply and Leh beautification projects are progressing at snail speed.
Former Hill Council Chairman, Rigzin Spalbar in his speech said realizing the airfare problems in Leh Sector, a meeting chaired by Civil Aviation Secretary held in Delhi in 2014 with all stake holders including himself as Chairman of Hill Council decided in the minutes of the meeting that Leh sector Airfare will not cross more than Rs.2500/ per seat besides patient requiring 3 seats to travel was supposed to charge for only one seat but decision was not followed by the present Government resulting in sky-rocking airfare in Leh sector alleged Spalbar.
He added that if Centre Government does not listen to the problems of Ladakhis and the local BJP leaders should think seriously like the Andhra Pradesh leaders resigning from the Ministry. He added that Ladakhis are guardians of borders and inspite of the fact Government of India failed to provide all weather road to Ladakh and people of this region are cut off from rest of world for six months.
Former Sarpanch from Ranbirpur village Mohd Javed expressing his concern over not holding Panchayat election in Leh questioned the State Government that if the situation is not conducive in the Valley why can’t Government hold Panchayat election in Leh and Kargil separately.
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