Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: Senior Congress leader and former legislator Ashok Sharma visited Dalouri, Chapra, Sair and other remote areas of Kalakote Constituency as part of public contact programme today and urged the state and centre to restart work on Jammu-Poonch Rail Project.
Sharma while interacting with Sarpaches, Panches, congress activists and public at large pleaded for launching work on the prestigious Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch rail line project from both ends for its speedy completion. He demanded that the railway line needs to pass coal mine areas of Kalakote, so that these mines are exploited in a profitable manner and thermal power house at Kalakote be made functional.
Highlighting the various public orientated issues, he also stressed for regularization of all the SPO's, PHE community participation workers, daily wagers and casual labourers in different departments and public undertakings in a time bound manner. He also sought enhancement of daily wages to the tune of Rs 300 per day and honorarium of Lamberdars, Chowkidars, Sarpacnhes and Panches at earliest. |
