I want to draw the attention of the higher authorities of PMGSY towards the bad condition of Baishty – Binisung road, which is only 4 km away from tehsil headquarter Chenani and about 25 km from district head quarter Udhampur.
The said road is under construction through PMGSY scheme, the pace of the work is quite tardy. Due to bad connectivity students especially female students quit their studies, pregnant women and serious patients lose their life while on way to hospital. Besides, it has hampered the agriculture activities in the area.
A number of times, some social activist of the area paid visit to DDC Udhampur and authorities of PMGSY Udhampur to make them aware of the problems faced by people here. Despite this authorities have failed to redress the grievances of people. Due to the negligence of the higher authorities, poor farmers are donating a part of their income for the repairing of the same road.
I hope that PMGSY authorities will take action in the matter.
Shoket Butt
Principal New Era Public School
Bain Chenani
Theft incidents in Roop Nagar
This is to draw attention of the higher police authorities towards the increasing number of burglaries in Roopnagar area. More than six burlgaries were reported in last 15 days. But these incidents did not make police of the area to strengthen security in the area. A sense of insecurity has gripped the residents.
To overcome this situation, it is necessary that police keep a strict vigil on the activities of thieves.
Ankush Pargal
Sector 2, Roopnagar
Repair Dhar-Udhampur road
During the last year incessant rains, Dhar Udhampur road, which connects the three tehsils of Kathua district with the rest of the country, sank in the dam water at two places, one near the Mahanpur town and the other near R S Dam. The sinking of the road brought the lives of the people living in the three tehsils, namely Basohli, Bani and Billawar to a stand still because due the connectivity provided to the area in emergency whole of the vehicular traffic of these tehsils plus that of interstate was routed via Ramkot Chhallain road which is both hilly and prone to accidents. The Dhar-Udhampur road is the life line of these tehsils because whole trade and movement of people from these tehsils depend upon this road. Though the Dam/GREF department has provided a temporary diversion for the movement of the traffic but it is too dangerous to drive through during rains.
Many times vehicles get stuck in the middle of the diversion causing vehicular traffic jam on either sides of the diversion. Many times, the passengers remain stranded hours together in odd hours of the night till some heavy JCB or other machine removes the trapped vehicle. Dozens of the district, divisional and even state level officers pass through this road with their eyes open but none has taken the trouble of apprising the concerned quarter for its immediate repair. Many times the matter has been brought in the notice of the higher authorities through deputations, through writings and print media but it is a matter of great dismay that neither the dam authorities nor GREF has taken any initiative for repairing the road.The suffering masses of the tehsils therefore request the concerned authorities to come forwards and help repair the road before any untoward incident takes.
Shiv Kumar Padha
Basohli
Black-topping of Greater Jammu Colony road
We, the residents of Greater Jammu Colony Kunjwani By Pass request the authorities concerned that work on our road connecting Trikuta Nagar with the Highway was initiated in November 2013 but black topping was deferred due to winter but astonishing it is that now almost a year has passed but black topping of the road has not been done till date.
The road which is a busy road with heavy rush of traffic is now in a bad condition so much so that walking has become difficult. We request the authorities to take up the black topping of the road immediately without forcing the public to adopt any violent way to get their woes heard. Besides, it is also requested that the lanes of the colony which need immediately be black topped. As the last black topping was done some 10 years back.
K K Bhan
Gen. Sec. Jammu Colony
Welfare Association
Neglected Udeywala nallah
Sloppy dry nallah’s are usually problematic around the city of Jammu, especially in terms of their dirty, stinky and seepage waters and flash floods in rainy season, where as major dry nallahs flowing down the Jammu’s mountains slopes have been properly harnessed and channelised, the Udeywala nallah flowing down Roop Nagar. Muthi and Udeywala seems to be an exception.
The concrete embankment on it, which was under construction under great progress has suddenly been stopped near Muthi for unknown reasons, probably for safeguarding the interests of land grabbers or non-demarcation of the land adjoining the nallah.
The irony of the case has been that even the two bridges on the nallah undertaken for the construction by the Govt. one near the PHE pumping station Muthi and another near Udeywala are left half built.
The dirty water from upper limits of Roop Nagar and Muthi camp arrears and flash floods with a lot of debris brought down by the nullah during rainy season is a constant source of trouble for the residents of Kailash Vihar, Balwant Vihar and EWS Colony, Govt Middle School and other residents in the lower areas.
In last two years, a good patch of metalled road about half kilometer in length was washed and between Kailash Vihar and Govt Agriculture Nursery. Two residential houses were partially damage.
It is therefore requested and expected that concerned Govt authorities will look into the matter at the earliest and start construction of concrete embankment on the nallah to channelise the flood waters as well as dirty seepage water in the lower areas.
Prof. P K Koul
Udeywala
Discrimination with Persian students
There are hundreds of students in Jammu Province who want to pursue Persian language. But, unfortunately, there is no scope in Jammu University for such students at university level. Even the University of Kashmir has no scope for the same students.
They provide only seven to eight seats every year to all those students who get their degree from outside the Kashmir University. There is an open discrimination with the language.
I, therefore, request to the Minister of Education(J&K) and to the Vice-Chancellors of both the Universities to pay a serious attention to such a serious matter. Otherwise time is not far when we will see the students having zero percent interest in this language and which, in reality, will not be better for our future also.
Mohsin Ahmad Dar
Student of Law(LLB)
University of Kashmir
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