Excelsior Correspondent
MAGAM (BEERWAH), Dec 19: Expressing disappointment over the alleged breakdown of administrative order and machinery in the State, National Conference working president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that the PDP-BJP Government’s existence had been restricted to mere photo-ops, recycled foundation-stones and press statements that contradicted the hopeless sense of affairs on ground.
“The PDP-BJP Government’s presence has been restricted to news channels and photo-opportunities. In the absence of any visible and tangible work being done on the developmental front for the past two years, the PDP-BJP Government has stooped to the level of vandalizing existing foundation stones of projects started during the tenure of the previous Government, only to be replaced by new foundation stones with the names of their Ministers”, he said , here today, while addressing party functionaries and senior NC activists from Narbal, Khag and Beerwah blocks after conducting an extensive review of the constituency’s developmental profile.
Condemning the appalling power curtailments and the lack of essential supplies in the harsh winter, Omar Abdullah said the Chief Minister would do well to remember how she marched on the roads with a kerosene lantern when the per-capita power dispensation and general scenario was much better than what is being provided by the PDP-BJP Government today.
Taking stock of various public demands and challenges being faced by the constituents, Omar Abdullah said the administration should serve the people of every single constituency of the State without any prejudice or bias. “My efforts to see Beerwah develop into a model constituency will never cease and as the local elected representative, I will continue to strive and struggle for Beerwah’s fair share of developmental funds and projects. It is the duty of the Administration to ensure the people of Beerwah are not deprived of what is their due and I will ensure that doesn’t happen”, he added.
Omar, who is MLA Beerwah, said that an amount of five and a half crores had been released through the Constituency Development Fund mechanism in Beerwah so far for work on roads, healthcare infrastructure, electricity infrastructure and assistance provided in various other fields of essential public service. On this occasion, he also announced that he would release a further amount of one crore rupees through the CDF towards the goal of facilitating solar light availability for the constituents.
The NC working president also took stock of the organizational outreach in Beerwah and asked the Halqa presidents and party workers to reach out to those who are facing various challenges in their respective areas and work effectively towards the involvement of the youth in such endeavors. The meeting was also attended by NC leaders Tanvir Sadiq, Professor Abdul Majeed Mattoo and Shabir Ahmed Mir.
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