Manohar conducts extensive tour of Billawar

Excelsior Correspondent

Minister of State for Finance, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma addressing public gathering on Thursday.
Minister of State for Finance, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma addressing public gathering on Thursday.

KATHUA, July 10: With an aim to listen the problems of the people at their door steps Minister of State for Fisheries, Cooperatives, Finance and Planning, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma convened public grievance camps at Rajwalta.
At Rajwalta  deputations hailing from Uppar Rajwalta, Kalyal, Mastgarh apprised the minister about their difficulties and demands including extension of PMGSY road from Kalyal to Mastgarh, up gradation of High School Uppar Rajwalta, new electric poles for 11 kw line, PHE water tank, and ration depot for Rajwalta.
While speaking on the occasion, Dr Sharma announced Panchayat Ghar for Rajwalta panchayat and assured every help to mitigate other highlighted issues by the representatives.  He directed PDD officers to remove old poles of 11 KW line and also directed to shift 63 Kw transformer to accessible area. He assured that extension of PMGSY will be examined and needful will be done to give people road access.
Koug deputation apprised the minister about water scarcity in Bakkerwal Basti and also demanded Mobile school, CAPD ration,  transformer for Morian, electric poles for Pakda.
Dr Sharma after giving patient hearing to the demands of the people passed instructions to the field functionaries to adress the genuine demands of the people on priority basis. He said Governmnet is keen to strenghen the Panchayats so that development reach at grass root level. He said Panch and Sarpanchs must own responsibilty to project and address the demands and difficulties of the people at proper forum. He said time demands proactive participation of the rural community to uplift their economic and social status.
He directed TSO to provide ration supply to left out areas of Koug panchayat immediately.  He also directed PDD to install electric poles at leftout habitations. PHE Department was asked to provide water supply through tankers and also to submit the estimate of pipes for Marhoon.  PWD officers were directed to do the patchwork on Sialna road at an earliest.