There will not be many takers of the story that the State Government has been hoodwinking the Planning Commission for three consecutive years over the urban infrastructure development plans. The State Government has made commitments to the Planning Commission that major infrastructural developments in the twin capital cities of the State would be made. These developmental works were supposed to be undertaken through a Master Plan, which was promised three years ago but has not been finalised till date. New housing colonies were promised, space for parking and even multi-tier parking was promised, master plan for mobility was also promised, and an abattoir in Nagrota was also included in the development plan. None of these plans was ever formulated; leave aside executing them and bringing these to completion. All that the Coalition Government did was to make promises to the Planning Commission year after year and never surrender itself to accountability.
We said that there are no takers for the story on its face. The question is what did the Planning Commission do to ensure that the projects are implemented? It was taken in by false promises of the State Government. Or was it that it was coerced into ignoring the facts on the ground and go on pouring in money into the coffers of the State with no accountability. The story lends weight to the allegations of the opposition that the Government has been misleading the people by presenting a plethora of lies about many developmental projects.
The culture of deliberately ignoring and overlooking the irregularities of the Coalition Government in the State has done much harm to the people of the State. It has created an atmosphere in which it seems that the State is holding the Centre at ransom. It is abnormal state of relationship and Centre-State relations cannot be called healthy if these are put on a specific keel of willy-nilly keeping the Government in place. If the proposed plans of urban development had been carried forward efficiently, the twin capital cities would be presenting a different look today. The chaos and confusion that are rampant would not have been there. The loss is of the people and the State as a whole. We do not expect the Government to show such callousness about vital developmental projects in the State.
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