JAMMU, Dec 11: Presenting the report card of his two consecutive tenures as MLA Gandhi Nagar constituency, Minister for Culture, Horticulture and Housing and Congress candidate Raman Bhalla said that the constituency witnessed holistic development, whether it will be health sector, education sector, construction of lanes, drains and roads, water and power supply, etc.Minister disclosed that with commissioning of a number of water supply schemes in the Gandhi Nagar constituency, people are getting safe and hygienic drinking water, new ration stores have been opened up and the whole constituency, today, is connected through a network of roads and lanes. Apart from this, around 25 tube-wells were installed in various localities of the constituency to over come water-crisis, he added. Minister said this while addressing election meetings in Chatha, Rajeev Nagar, Langar, KachaTalab, Sainik Colony, Gangyal, Gandhi Nagar, Jeevan Nagar, Nanak Nagar and Bhour Camp areas of Gandhi Nagar constituency. Referring to creation of additional administrative units, Bhalla said these have brought the administration to the door steps of the people who had to travel a long distance for their grievances to be heard. In Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar, various new departments were established including Eye Department, Dental Department, Dialysis Unit, Minister said, adding that OPD costing Rs 18 crore was also made operational in the hospital, which caters to the needs of thousands of people on daily basis. Among others present were KakuChoudhary, Harjeet Singh, Bela Ram, Kishore, Satpaul, Bittu Ram, Amarnath, MohinderVerma, AnkurSethi, Romi Singh, SonuDogra, Vicky, Papu, Satish, sunnysingh, Bitta, Sanjay, etc. |