Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Nov 29: Describing the loud announcements of the Govt of dismissing the ‘dead wood’ and the ‘corrupt’ as absurd and ridiculous, JKNPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh today questioned its definition of the said terms being frequently used by it.
He said that while some inconvenient and un-influential employees were being terminated by the Govt to retrieve its fast eroding credibility, the blue eyed officers of BJP seemed to have been granted immunity by it despite their most perfidious and immoral conduct. This was stated by the NPP chairman while interacting with a delegation of block Ghordi residents who called on him today.
Pointing towards the non- disbursement of house compensation to hundreds of farmers of Chenani, Dudu, Ramnagar and Ghordi blocks by the respective collectors for their residential units dismantled for construction of PMGSY roads 8-9 years back, Singh said that it provided the most glaring example of official red tape, non- performance and corruption besides contempt for the poor, indigent villagers. He said that despite funds having been placed at the disposal of District Collectors/SDMs by the PMGSY Deptt 7-8 years back, the said collectors had withheld the said funds for unknown reasons forcing the deprived farmers to lead a miserable life.
He divulged that an RTI filed by him had revealed that funds for 32 houses dismantled on the alignment of roads in Ghordi block alone had been released by PMGSY deptt in 2012 after proper assessment of the values but the SDM Ramnagar had failed to disburse the said compensation to the affected house owners even after a lapse of 9 years. Likewise land compensation in respect of dozens of roads released by PMGSY deptt to said collectors involving thousands of affected farmers been kept pending for several years and remained unpaid for years.
He said that the land compensation amount running in crores was reportedly being used to earn interest for years by the delinquent officers thus providing another glaring example of legalized corruption in the UT. He sought the attention of LG into the matter.
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