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Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Preparations are in a full swing to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 24 but many questions are raised by some people over the allotment of event management work to a non-local company.
Highly placed sources said that tenders were floated for management of the event on April 24 at Palli village. “It is widely alleged that there is no transparency in allocating work worth crores for the coming event”, highly placed sources pointed out that the J&K government has incorporated some cumbersome clauses to debar Jammu based firms to compete for the tender.
“Some Jammu based firms who are competent enough to organize such events are debarred from competing due to some additional clauses added in the tender”, sources said and revealed that it is not the first time Jammu based firms have been denied entry in the tender competition.
“Even during a small event organized some months back, a cater was called from outside Jammu”, sources said.
Important to mention here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on April 24 visit Jammu where he will address panchayats across the country to mark the National Panchayati Raj Day. This will be Modi’s first visit to Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
The PM is also scheduled to launch development projects worth Rs 38,082 crore from Palli village in Jammu's Samba district which has been billed as India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat.
Officials said that some investors from the UAE would also be present among other industrialists at the event in Palli village. All 340 homes of Palli village will be powered by a 500 KV solar plant that was set up in 20 days.
Investors from Gulf countries have reportedly shown intent to invest about Rs 3,000 crore in the Union Territory (UT) across multiple projects. A 34-member business delegation from the UAE visited the Valley on a four-day trip in March. The tour was aimed at showcasing investment opportunities in J&K with a focus on entrepreneurship, and the tourism and hospitality sectors
The government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 and bifurcated it into UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on August 5, 2019.
The PM will also address the people and members of rural local bodies across India marking the National Panchayati Raj Day, observed every year on April 24 to provide an opportunity for leaders and others to directly interact with the representatives of the panchayats or village heads. The grassroots representatives elected in November-December 2020, when panchayat elections were held after 15 months in the UT, will also be present. |
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