Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 20: Former Minister and president, Dogra Sadar Sabha J&K, Gulchain Singh Charak, has strongly urged the LG Manoj Sinha to stop useless and harmful draining exercise of Darbar Move and make Civil Secretariat functional at both the capitals for the whole year.
Addressing a press conference at Sabha Bhawan, Charak said that instead of Darbar move after every six months, Government should keep both the secretariats operative by the staff on ‘where they are bases’ as this measure will save the wasteful annual expenditure.
He said all allocations of financial, educational, jobs and development opportunities must be made separately to each region. This will be a more accessible system for populations on both sides of Peer Panchal and shall grossly improve functional efficiency, attendance, thereby all round public satisfaction levels, he added.
Charak said the Judgment of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on the issue of the bi-annual move underscored the need for both Jammu and Kashmir regions to receive administration and governance round the year without interruption.
“The UT Government must also abide by the J&K High Court’s verdict exposing the futility and wastefulness of the inconvenient anti-people bi-annual burdensome ritual of Darbar Move,” the DSS president said and urged the LG to stop this useless and harmful draining exercise of Darbar Move.
“The over Rs 500 Cr (in effect) saved per year can be better utilized for improving much needed medical and education infrastructures; instead of denying governance to both regions for seven months (including twice pack/unpack & move) a year and keeping secretariat away when it is most needed in hardships of each respective region,” he asserted.
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