Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 20: Welcoming the Governor’s decision to hold Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections in the State , former Deputy Chief Minister and Senior Congress leader, Tara Chand asked people to participate in these polls so that the problems faced by the masses at the grass root level can be addressed.
He was addressing a rally at Indri Manchak near Jhorian in Khour Constituency today. Villagers from over 50 villages participated in the rally where the local Sarpanchs and Panchs organised a procession up to Jhorian demanding redressal of the day-to-day problems being faced by border villagers.
The locals on motorbikes, matadoors and cars held a rally from Indri Manchak to Jhorian along with former Dy CM Tara Chand and other Congress leaders.
Apprising the Congress leaders about their problems, the border villagers demanded immediate clearance of work done liability. The villagers have not been paid their wages by Rural Development, Public Works Department, Flood Control and Irrigation for the last over one and half year.
The villagers asked DyCM Tara Chnad to take up their issue of compensation as three consecutive crops were destroyed in this region. Moreover, there is no ration supply in the area.
The issue of Pok refugees of 1971 and 1965 was also highlighted by the locals. The PDP-BJP Government dumped the package which was approved during the Congress regime. The villagers urged the former DyCM to get area denotified as firing range.
After hearing problems being faced by the villagers, Tara Chand assured them that all these issues will be taken up with the Governor for their early redressal.
Others who joined the rally include Shahnawaz Choudhary, general secretary PCC, Neeraj Kundan, State president NSUI, Shamsher Singh, Zila Pradhan, Suram Singh, Block Sadar, Manjit Singh, president Youth Congress, Krishna Devi, president Mahila Congress, Jagdish Raj, all Sarpanchs, Panchs and other party delegates.
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