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| Previous regime left grants worth crores unutilized | | Skeletons tumble out of cupboards | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 24: The questionable mode of functioning of the previous regime could be gauged by this glaring fact that thousands of the crores of the Central funds which could have done sea of good to the people of the state were left unutilized by the helmsmen .
On Tuesday, when the Governor N N Vohra reviewed the status of the pending projects across the state, it came to fore quite surprisingly that the previous regime known for its dilatory mode of working had kept thousands of crores of Central grant in limbo, jeopardizing the projects for which they were sanctioned by the GOI.
In a glaring discrepancy that came to the fore, a project for which the Central Government had sanctioned a whopping Rs 5100 crore was abandoned and merely Rs. 3 lakhs were spent.
The official documents in possession of the Early Times reveal that out of the whooping Rs 5100 crores sanctioned for Jammu-Poonch NH four-lanning by the Government of India, the state government had utilised mere Rs 3 lakh on ground. The figures are probably reflecting the best example of how the vital developmental projects in Jammu region were receiving a step motherly treatment.
Pertinently, the Jammu-Akhnoor-Rajouri-Poonch road was declared as the new National Highway (NH) 144-A, and approved under the package for Rs 5,100 crore in November 2015.
While the National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation has been entrusted the task of executing the project on the Jammu-Akhnoor section, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was asked to take up the development of road from the Akhnoor-Nowshera-Poonch section with the existing carriage way of two-lane to its four-lane specification.
The issue of Jammu Poonch road was raised plethora of times by the people of the Jammu region of the state and finally after a long time, the demand was considered by the Central Government.
When the project was announced, it was hailed by one and all and the people of the Jammu region also had demanded at that time that the government should also start work on railway line from Jammu to Poonch as Poonch remained the most neglected district in terms of development. |
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