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| J&K example of poor utilisation of funds for development projects | | | A case of non-utilisation of funds or under utilisation of funds for development projects, during the three successive Governments and three spells of Governor's rule has come to the fore. In fact whether the Government headed by NC in alliance with the Congress, or the PDP-Congress ruled the state and recently the state was ruled by the PDP-BJP coalition Government the tale of non-utilisation of funds for development projects has surfaced making it a mockery for the successive state Governments to claim that they had put in special efforts to complete the various development projects. Well even some of the projects could not be completed during the three spells of Governor's rule and that is quite baffling because the Governor has not to seek permission from various Government agencies for the completion of the development projects. The governments of all four major political parties of the State - National Conference (NC) and Congress, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the (BJP)- and the three spells of Governor's rule have together failed to build a 2.5 km Ram Bagh-Jehangir Chowk flyover.
Despite the added emphasis of the subsequent State governments as well as New Delhi on development and good governance, even after five years of its inauguration, more than 60 percent of the work on the flyover is pending. The project started in 2013 under the NC leader Omar Abdullah-led coalition government couldn't be completed in his tenure or the tenures of PDP leaders Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti-led government or even the three phases of Governor's rule.
After Omar's tenure, the flyover was not completed during any of the three tenures of Governor Narinder Nath Vohra. His first tenure in the Governor's rule started on December 23, 2014 and ended on March 1, 2015, after a hung assembly was thrown up. The second stint of the Governor Vohra's rule started in January 8, 2016 a day after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) founder and then chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed died. The rule ended on April 6, 2016 when Mehbooba Mufti was sworn in as the chief minister of the State. The third phase of the Governor's rule is currently in progression, however, a full-fledged flyover is still a distant dream
It depends on Vohra whether he takes strong initiatives to get the fly over completed whether his rule lasts for five months more. It be to the credit of Vohra if he completes the flyover within his rule because 40 per cent of the remaining work has to be finished. And it is not an impossible task for a senior bureaucrat like Vohra. And the Governor is supposed to know that non-completion of the project continues to affect the free flow of traffic and invariably motorists get stuck for a long time. To ensure free flow of traffic the flyover is quite important. And whether the next Assembly elections throws up NC-Congress coalition Government or the BJP makes a surprise beginning, the central Government should make it mandatory for the state Governments to ensure proper utilization of funds failing which the centre may stop granting liberal financial assistance to Jammu and Kashmir. |
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