Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 22: Former Minister and MLA Inderwal, G M Saroori has shot off two more letters to Governor, N N Vohra, voicing concern over non-functioning of 676 health sub-centres and implementation of NFSA in the State.
“Distressed over the pathetic condition of Health institute in erstwhile Doda district, I have sought the immediate intervention of Governor N N Vohra to safeguard the lives of the thousands of the commuters. My heart bleeds seeing with the current Health institution we have in total at present in the erstwhile Doda district. It makes my head wonder since 1987-2014 no Health sub-centres have been sanctioned at all for erstwhile Doda district, Poonch, Rajouri, Kupwara, Baramullah, Anantanag and Udhampur districts. For the basic health check-ups we have to travel a long way otherwise there is no way around it”, Saroori said.
In his letter, Saroori drew attention towards sanctioning of 676 new health sub-centres by previous Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad but added that the Government failed in opening the sanctioned sub-centres in the far flung areas of the State, especially erstwhile Doda district. He urged Governor to pass directions to Commissioner Secretary Health and Director Health for immediate opening and making the sanctioned sub-centres functional so that general public won’t face any hardship in regard to health sector.
Saroori also wrote to the Governor regarding implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) in J&K, which has been launched in haste without a proper and perfect ground work in the State.
In the letter, Saroori alleged that discrepancies that surfaced during uploading of the data on the national portal have not been addressed and even more loopholes have been detected after the launch of the scheme. He suggested for a review of the database and categorization of people under priority, non-priority and exclusion category, besides removing the short comings, duplicity and multiple errors. He reiterated his demand for food security for the entire population of the State by providing 35 kg ration to each family at the rate of Rs 2 per kg.
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