Excelsior Correspondent
NAGROTA, Nov 11: National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana today hoped that the visit of high level Ministry of Home Affairs delegation will ultimately fructify in mitigating the difficulties of border dwellers along Line of Control and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, who are continuously braving the brunt of unprovoked shelling from across the border.
“The visit of the central delegation is appreciation of grave concerns of the border people by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who visited some of these areas recently”, Rana said while addressing workers meetings in Nagrota Assembly Constituency during day-long visit of nine panchayats.
He said three crucial years have passed but nothing has been done for instilling sense of security among the border people and hoped that bunkers, shelter sheds, allotment of five marla plots and jobs under a special drive will be initiated and accomplished in a time bound manner.
He also reiterated his demand of deputing an empowered Union Secretaries team to audit the utilization of central funding under various centrally schemes and reasons for chronic developmental inertia in the State. Such an initiative, he said, has become all the more necessary as the people are disenchanted with functioning of the PDP-BJP dispensation, which is hugely suffering from governance deficit that has resulted in developmental paralysis during the past three years.
The Provincial President described the assessment of border areas by a central team as a tacit admission of failure by the State Government in assuaging the aspirations of border people.
The MLA Nagrota said the situation in the hinterland is no better due to wrong policies and unfounded priorities of the Coalition Government. This insensitive dispensation has failed on all fronts and the recent Jammu Bandh stands testimony to growing resentment and dejection among the people. He said the Government is not seen visible anywhere on ground except for making tall claims through handouts and press statements.
Responding to the local issues, the MLA assured the people that he has been pursing these with concerned agencies vigorously besides pushing the developmental agenda forcefully so that the on-going schemes are completed within stipulated time frame.
Rana sanctioned Rs 5 lakh under Constituency Development Fund for Gorda to Lassu road besides a 25 KVA transformer to be installed at Chakhar.
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