Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Dec 24: Apni Party vice president and former minister, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today demanded completion of the pending developmental projects in Rajouri.
Addressing a public meeting in Gura Sarkari in Darhal, Rajouri, Zulfkar appealed the authorities to provide basic amenities to the people in rural and remote areas of Rajouri district.
He said that the people are deprived of health and education infrastructure.
“The poor infrastructure and human resources shortage in health and educational institutions has disturbed the normal life as the people have to cover long distances from their remote areas to get medical care or education,” he said.
Referring to the plight of the students, he said that the students from the remote areas especially from Gura have to travel far away to get education in the Govt School even for primary education.
He demanded High School of the area (Gura) and construction of a road from Gura Sarkari to Mandar Gala via kurina Deri up to Mander Gala. He also demanded that the electricity charges should be waived off in favour of the villagers as they do not use much electricity and are recovering double bills. He said that these farmers/villagers should be treated on the basis of BPL ration card under NFSA PHH category considering their financial condition by the PDD.
He also demanded ration under J&K Food Security Scheme during festivals and other occasions for the BPL as well as APL families in the villages under national food security.
He said that the people are facing problems due to the LG administration’s failure to perform on the ground due to which the people have developed a feeling of alienation that the Govt is unable to address their developmental issues.
“There is no alternative to an elected Govt. For the last over 3 years, the LG administration has been working in place of an elected Govt which has widened the gap with the public,” he said.
He said that “To end the public suffering and ensure development in every nook and corner, the holding of assembly elections is a must in Jammu and Kashmir.”
He said that the development is not being equally provided to the rural areas and even in some of the ongoing developmental works, the pace of development is very slow.
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