| KATHUA: MLA Basohli, Jagdish Raj Spolia convened a public grievance redressal camp at village Khurku ( Nagrota Marta) here at tehsil Basohli. Deputations of Khurku and adjoining panchayats projected their demands before the MLA relating to provision of safe drinking water, road connectivity, low voltage, opening of new Angadwadi Centres, and up gradation of schools. After giving a patient hearing MLA assured all genuine demands will be addressed on priority. He disclosed that the problem of monkey menace in Basohli has driven the farmers of the tehsil to poverty rendering about 400 kanals of agriculture land useless. He said he has also suggested agriculture minister to make parks/ zoo for the monkeys and castration/ sterilization of monkeys. He said that he is striving for tehsil, status be given to Mahanpur and also District status to Basohli and has raised the issue of enhancing ration from present 35 kg to 50 kg. He called upon the people especially youth to get benefits of various centrally and state sponsored schemes to improve their socio economic condition. Tehsildar Jiwan Lal, BDO Anshumman Singh, BMO Dr Vinod Sharma, XEN PWD, AEE PHE, AEE Electric, Panchs, and Sarpanches, prominent citizens and a large number of people were present on the occasion. |