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| J-K seeks from centre increase in ceiling of funds, ration | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 3
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today had meetings with union ministers for urban development and agriculture, S. Jaipal Reddy and Sharad Pawar at New Delhi and urged them to increase the ceiling of funds under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for development of cities and ration to Jammu & Kashmir.
In the meeting with the Urban Development Minister, the Chief Minister brought into his notice the implementation of various urban development schemes launched in the State and requested him to increase the ceiling of funds to J&K under JNNURM. He also stressed on the need for according urgent clearance to the pending projects for small cities of the State as well as quick implementation of the projects taken up for execution by the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC).
Reddy favourably reacted to the request of the Chief Minister and said that a special dispensation needed to be provided to Jammu & Kashmir given its geographical constraints. He agreed with the suggestion of Mr. Azad that in view of the vast area and few urban localities, norms need to be relaxed while allocating funds to the State. The Minister assured full support of his ministry to J&K.
During his meeting with Mr. Pawar, the Chief Minister sought increase in the ration to J&K which was being supplied on the basis of the 2001 population figures. He said the population of the State had reached to 1.20 crore and a floating population of about 90 lakh tourists also visit the State annually including pilgrim tourists which was not counted. He said districts of Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban and areas of Udhampur and Kathua districts in Jammu province were visited by drought last year due to which the existing quota of ration supplied to the State was inadequate.
Pawar assured the Chief Minister a favourable consideration on the demand for increasing the quota of ration for the State.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister came back this afternoon after a hectic schedule in New Delhi during which he held meetings with the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Minister for Rural Development, Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Minister for Surface Transport, T. R. Balu to push for various development schemes for the State. |
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