Administration should wake up from deep slumber: Ghulam Hassan Mir
SRINAGAR, June 12: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Friday censured the government’s laidback approach in revamping the road infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement issued here, Mir said that starting from the decrepit condition of National Highway connecting Kashmir with rest of the country, almost all the major and link roads in both the divisions of J&K are posing unimaginable inconvenience to the commuters.
“Be it urban or rural areas, the condition of roads in Jammu and Kashmir are barely motorable and reflect a lackadaisical attitude of the authorities who seem to be least bothered about the plight of people,” the JKAP leader remarked.
Mir said climatically J&K gets a limited period of few months every year with conducive weather for road laying and macadmaization before the cold weather sets in. “We are already in the month of June and till now there is absolutely no sign of the government getting the dilapidated condition of roads redressed,” he added.
He said that COVID-19 Pandemic may have thwarted the developmental works across the country this time but in J&K, the administration seems to be ready with trivial excuses to conceal its ineptitude and failures almost every year.
“J&K’s businesses are suffering because of the shocking condition of public infrastructure, especially the road networks. Despite liberal funding from the central government, people in J&K suffer because of administrative inertia. The present dispensation under the Lieutenant Governor G.C Murmu should start repair and revamping of the roads that are presently giving a nightmarish experience to the commuters,” he demanded.
The JKAP leader stressed on the administration for optimum utilization of grants under various schemes including PMGSY to recarpet the broken-down inter-district and link roads across all districts in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The J&K government should also pursue with the central road and transport ministry to get the work on Srinagar-Jammu national highway expedited on priority basis. Similarly, construction on tunnels wherever required should be started without any further delay in order to improve connectivity between different regions of J&K,” he demanded.
JKAP demands end to border skirmishes
Thousands of families affected in frontier areas: Syed Mehmood, Reyaz Ahmad
SRINAGAR, June 12: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) on Friday expressed deep concern over the border skirmishes and called for cessation of hostilities along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a joint statement issued here, JKAP leaders Syed Mehmood and Reyaz Ahmad said that thousands of families who live in border areas are in a pitiable condition because of the continuous ceasefire violations.
“The firing on LoC in Hajipeer sector of Uri continued today. The heavy shelling has caused panic in the villages of Torna, Hathlanga, Churanda and Gohallan in Uri. On Thursday, a soldier was also killed on LoC in Rajouri. This situation is not in the interests of people,” they said, while appealing to the leadership of the country to ensure that the people of the border areas of J&K live in peace and tranquillity.
The JKAP leaders said the ceasefire violations, whatever the causes, risk the prosperity and security of both the countries that have far more commonalities than the areas of suspicion and discard.
“The incidents of skirmishes and hostilities from across the border derail the efforts leading towards formation of better understanding and amity between the two neighbouring countries,” they remarked.
The JKAP leaders observed that the direct fallout of border skirmishes is on the people of Jammu and Kashmir especially living in frontier areas who fall prey to the bullets and mortars.
“This situation demands an immediate end to such hostilities and the leadership of the country must take all steps required to bring peace on the borders,” they demanded.
The JKAP leaders said the continuous firing on LoC in Uri sector has forced the people to leave their homes for safer areas in view of the death and destruction caused by the routine clashes.
JKAP leader calls on Divisional Commissioner Kashmir
Raised issues of Degree College, Bus Terminal Chadooora: Farooq Andrabi
SRINAGAR, June 12: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader Farooq Andrabi called on divisional commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K. Pole, seeking his intervention for transfer of land to the higher education department for establishment of government Degree College at Chadoora in district Budgam.
In a statement issued here, Andrabi apprised the divisional commissioner that a patch of land measuring 25 Kanals has already been identified but is yet to be handed over to the department of higher education for the purpose of setting up a much needed degree college at Chadoora.
“I requested the worthy divisional commissioner that the land measuring 25 Kanals has already been identified by the revenue department and municipal committee Chadoora but due to delayed formalities of handing over the land to the higher education department, the whole process of construction of this college is halted,” Andrabi added.
During the meeting, the JKAP leader also raised the issue of pending construction of an approved bus terminal at Chadoora. “I also apprised the worthy divisional commissioner that the work on the bus terminal at Chadoora is yet to be started despite a patch of land measuring around 35 Kanals identified by the concerned revenue department and municipal committee Chadoora. Even the detailed project report for this bus terminal has already been submitted to the government,” Andrabi briefed the divisional commissioner.
Andrabi said that thousands of students of Chadoora and its adjoining catchment areas are suffering for want of a degree college in their vicinity. “The student community is subject to immense difficulties as the work on the allotted college is yet to be started,” he added.
Assuring the JKAP leader that the construction work on both prestigious projects in Chadoora will be started very soon the divisional commissioner Kashmir issued the necessary orders in this direction.
