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| Year after year, it's getting better: Azad | | CM lists performance of coalition govt as sixth year begins | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 5
On the day of a fresh biennial inning at the winter capital, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seemed to have put behind itches thrown by his coalition partner as he termed the performance of coalition government getting better year after year.
The Chief Minister said that each successive year of the coalition government in the State had been better than the previous one in terms of improvement in the overall situation and development works.
Addressing the media persons after inspecting guard of honours on the opening of civil secretariat here, Chief Minister said, sectors like education, health, roads and drinking water witnessed unprecedented developmental activity throughout the State. He said remote and far off places received for the first time focused attention in matters of development. He said human rights situation was also improving and hoped that the current year would go down as the first in last 18 years during which no custodial disappearance was reported. He said security forces have been asked to take extra ordinary precaution that no innocent person was inconvenienced while combating militancy.
Replying the questions of the media persons, the Chief Minister said that the internal situation in Pakistan had given a temporary set back to the peace and dialogue process initiated between India and her neighbour.
In response to a question on employment, the Chief Minister underscored the need for the educated youth to look for avenues in private sector and self employment. He said an atmosphere was required to be created where the youth would not run after government jobs and explore avenues beyond this saturated sector.
He cited the instance of 3500 posts of peons referred for selection against which 3.5 lakh applications were received including 1.5 lakh from postgraduates.
About troop withdrawal, the Chief Minister said that the situation did not warrant withdrawal of troops from border or internal security. He, however, said that relocation and redeployment of troops was a continuous process. He said during the Kargil war additional troops were inducted whose relocation has been taking place form time to time.
Azad said that the coalition government in Jammu & Kashmir has fulfilled 90 percent of the pledges made to the people in the common minimum programme, adding that the remaining 10 percent would be implemented in the current year.
The Chief Minister said that the five years of the coalition rule have been historic for the State during which very significant decisions were taken including opening of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawlakote roads, creation of new districts and implementation of Roshni Scheme. He said the government took measures of far reaching importance even beyond the common minimum programme for the benefit of the people. He described the common minimum programme of the coalition government as the best among all such arrangements in other states, saying the percentage of the promises fulfilled by the State government was a record of sorts. He said that during the month of November ministers would be highlighting the achievements of individual departments registered in the last five years to appraise people about the good work done by the government. He sought cooperation of the media in bringing to light the significant work done by the government, saying while criticism was the right of the journalists they should also project good work of the government. |
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