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| Valley contractors express concern over delay in annual plan allocation | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 11: Owing to delay in the allocation of annual plan funds and the code of conduct that is going to take effect in September for the upcoming assembly elections, Valley contractors have expressed apprehensions that it would severely affect development of major projects in Kashmir.
J&K Central Contractors Coordination Committee, a main contractors' body in the state, said less room for carrying out developments, the funds are likely to lapse or would get diverted. "Funds for the annual plan have already got delayed. Now there will be code of conduct in September and elections will follow. There will be almost no work during the harsh winter months. These factors are going to affect developments works in Valley," said JKCCCC. Meanwhile the civil contractors in Kashmir alleged the government of waging a war against them. General secretary, J&K Central Contractors Coordination Committee Farooq Ahmad Dar, observed that government is more concerned with development of Jammu region manifested in various development works in Kashmir pending their completion period. Dar said that treasuries are running dry and government has the guts to tender fresh development works. "Like the previous times the state government this time too wants to divert the funds to Jammu," alleged Dar.
He criticized the government for waging a war against the Valley based contractors whose condition could not have turned worse than the way they were made to crave for a single penny to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr recently.
"The present government has become a nuisance for economic development of Kashmir region….Just to keep their bosses in Delhi happy they are focusing much on Jammu region.
"There are various development works pending completion and work on others has stopped as the treasury department hasn't a single penny to pay to us," stressed Dar.
Cautioning the government with dire consequences if the discrimination towards the Kashmir based contractors is not stopped; Dar said that it is high time for the government to release the pending bills worth hundreds of crores.
"If the pending bills aren't released on proper time we will teach the present government a lesson. Assembly elections are approaching. The ball is in now the government court…Let it decide about its fate," hinted Dar. |
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