Sat, Baru take stock of people’s problems in Ward 41

Former Minister, Sat Sharma and Corporator, Sanjay Baru during their tour to Ward 41 on Friday.
Former Minister, Sat Sharma and Corporator, Sanjay Baru during their tour to Ward 41 on Friday.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 30: Former Minister and Ex MLA Jammu West, Sat Sharma (CA) toured Ward 41 along with corporator, Sanjay Baru and assessed the on ground situation with locals. Earlier the locals had approached the Former Minister and asked him to visit the area and take stock of the problems they were facing from many days.
Sat Sharma was accompanied by Mandal president, Keshav Chopra, district general secretary, Rajesh Gupta and many others.
Addressing the gathering, Sat Sharma said that several areas of the Ward were toured by him along with the corporator and BJP team where people have demanded to create a streamlined system of drainage in their areas so that the damages from rains could be avoided. He said without a proper drainage system, the water is entering into the houses of people and he urged the concerned departments to seriously look into the matter.
He asked them to create a proper system in the whole Jammu drainage so that in coming times such problems do not persist. He stated that during his tenure as MLA, major deep drains in Jammu West were renovated and constructed including Krishna Nagar – Canal road deep drain, Shakti Nagar deep drain and regular cleaning of deep drains was also done.
Sanjay Baru said that the locals have expressed their gratitude towards former MLA for touring their areas and listening to their problems. He also stated that with the efforts of Sat Sharma, power lines have been changed and two new transformers have been installed which changed the power infra in the Ward.
Keshav and Rajesh stated that many developmental works were done in the area with the help of former MLA and many more are in the pipeline.
Ashok Wazir, Bubesh Sharma, Jatin Sethi, Jangjeet Singh and others were present.