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| Women worst sufferers of infra deficit in J&K: Mehbooba | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 6: Asserting that women are the worst sufferers of infra deficits in Jammu and Kashmir, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said if voted to power in the upcoming Assembly elections, her party would pay a special focus to provide basic amenities to the people.
Addressing a number of meetings in Pampore constituency of Pulwama district today, she said whether it is lack of drinking water, specialised healthcare or education, the women have to face the maximum fallout of the absence of adequate amenities.
Mehbooba said the problems faced by Pampore constituency would receive focused attention and the area will be brought up on the scale of development by harnessing the immense potential it has in agriculture, horticulture and tourism.
She said it was unfortunate that the state had not been able to leverage the inherent distinction of Pampore, of being rare saffron growing area for its overall development of the area. 'Neither had the rich heritage and cultural assets of Pampore been adequately developed or showcased to help generate employment for local youth,' the PDP president said.
Mehbooba said wherever travelling through the constituency, she felt that in spite of abundance of water resources, drinking water was the scarcest commodity in majority of the villages.
'People especially the women had to trek long distances to fetch water for use in the kitchen and for other daily needs. This was also making the people vulnerable for water borne diseases,' she added.
Alleging that lack of health infrastructure was adversely affecting the people and forcing them to seek medical assistance in Srinagar, she said at many places women complained of non-availability of lady doctors and women paramedics, which in our traditional society proves even fatal at times for women, who generally shy away from male medical staff.
Mehbooba said the government education system has been subverted and would need a massive effort to bring it back on the rails so that the state could get the returns for massive investment made in the sector, so that it was able to produce employable students with quality education and skills. |
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