Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 26: Former Deputy Chief Minister & BJP senior leader, Kavinder Gupta today started blacktopping of the interior roads of Bahu area in Ward 47 of Gandhi Nagar Assembly Constituency. Vinay Gupta, Sharda Kumari Corporator and officers of the Public Works Department (PWD) were present on the occasion.
While addressing the gathering, Kavinder Gupta said that BJP is committed to its basic principle “sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas” and called for the active participation of the elected councillors of each ward for the overall development of the Constituency. Referring to works started today, he said the execution of works has been initiated at the cost of 26 lakhs for the interior lanes of Kacha Talab & Pakka Talab areas and all the pending works which have been approved earlier shall be started in phased manner and there will be no compromise with quality of work and special care will be taken in the execution of different works so that the quality can be maintained and people don’t have to suffer in the future.
He said the life of the roads is also going to increase and it is not going to break down easily. He promised to make this constituency a model one by constructing roads is the first step towards that. Public have to remain vigilant during the execution of the works, so that allotted amount for the area is utilized in optimum way. He appealed to the residents of the area to frequently visit the site of ongoing works and report any type of shortcoming well in time.
He stressed upon Rural Development, PWD, PHE and other departments to regularly interact with local representatives to gauge the on ground performance of their respective departments and to keep channels of communication open for public. He stressed Government officers for reaching out to public for all the Government schemes of socio economic aspects, development, agricultural and all other fields so that they can be benefitted to the optimum level. Gupta was accompanied by Ankush Gupta, Vivek Patyal, Sunny Sangotra, Ankush Sharma, Ajay Sharma among others.
Sharda Kumari Corporator from Ward 47 complimented Kavinder Gupta for his efforts and expressed gratitude on behalf of the residents of the Ward for taking up their pending demands time to time on priority. She also brought some other issues to notice of former Deputy Chief Minister for early disposal.