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Treasuries go penny less; contractors wailing, govt sleeping 4/9/2014 11:47:18 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 9: Various delegations of contractors and employees on Wednesday complained that the treasuries are running dry in valley and they are suffering due to non-availability of funds in various treasury units. Contractors alleged that the money was being used for elections purposes while as they have been left high and dry as bills worth Rs 150 crore were pending with the state government. "The bills of hundreds of contractors working with different departments of the state have not been cleared. The money is being drained out for the elections process," said Jammu Kashmir Contractors Central Coordination Committee (JKCCCC) General Secretary Farooq Dar. Dar said that bills worth Rs 150 crore of contractors were pending with state government, and alleged that 'officials' at the treasuries failed to clear bills due to 'financial crunch excuse'. Dar accused Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather for deliberately creating the financial crunch to 'keep New Delhi in good humour'. Contractors said that the pendency would hit the ongoing development projects hard and all the projects will come to screeching halt. "If bills of contractors are not cleared at the earliest, all the projects will come to halt," said Dar. JKPCCCC said despite the completion of works allotted to the contractors by the departments including Finance, Planning and Works in time, the hundreds of bills are pending with the government. JKPCC said that treasuries were running dry from last 15 days and contractors are made to visit to the treasuries every now and then. Dar, threatened that contractors would go for 'strike' if 'outstanding' is not cleared in 10 days period. However, Director General Treasury Mirza Altaf Hussain told that no bills are pending with his department and that the same are being cleared after a proper scrutiny. "Today only, I have signed the bills worth Rs 240 crores and also the salary bills of the employees are being given the top priority," Mirza added.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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