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| Realignment of Gumat-Dogra Chowk Nallah | | Cong-PDP alliance is a perpetual union, says Qarra | |
JAMMU, OCTOBER 04 - Asserting that the Congress-PDP coalition would complete its full term of six years, Finance Minister Mr. Tariq Hameed Qarra has said that political alliance is not a temporary one but a perpetual union with the partnership committed to contest even the next election together in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing public after inaugurating realignment project of Nallah connecting Gumat with Dogra Chowk here this evening, the Finance Minister said that the disgruntled and political opportunists have tried their best to create fissures among the ruling coalition but all their efforts proved abortive and vain.
Maintaining that perfect coordination exists among the coalition partners, Mr. Qarra said that those dreaming of break in natural political relationship would despite their ill designs to fashion misunderstanding and confounded confusion are bound to fail frantically, while making a specific reference to regional disparity issue. He said that the political trailblazers tried to rope in regional discrimination raze to disrupt the development working of the coalition. He said that by raising the issues of separate state for Jammu and union territory status for Ladakh, a well-planned strategy was chalked out not only to usurp the coalition but also to divide people on regional and sub-regional lines.
The Finance Minister said that coalition responded indeed in an exemplary manner in not only defeating their nefarious designs but to the utter dismay also failed them in all their mechanizations. He said that coalition granted Hill Development Council to both Leh and Kargil thereby fulfilling aspirations of the people of the Ladakh region. Similarly, the developmental needs of the Jammuites too were addressed.
On the proposed realignment of the underground Nallah linking Gumat-Vinayak Bazar and Dogra Chowk, Mr. Qarra said that the estimated Rs 22.80 lakh project would be executed jointly by the Jammu Municipal Corporation and Urban Environmental Engineering Department. He said that realignment of the nallah would be completed in a stipulated time frame of three months thereby relinquishing the people of the vicinity of the water-logging problems. He said that lest the contractors fail to execute the work in stipulated time frame, a specific clause has been incorporated in the agreement whereunder punitive action and penalty would be imposed on defaulters.
Detailing about the project, the Finance Minister said that the project was sanctioned during his holding of the charge of the Housing and Urban Development Ministry. He appreciated the efforts put in by the local legislator of the area Mr. Yogesh Sawhney, who zealously pursued its realignment approval. He said that the local Nallah has its catchment areas in Hari Market, Upper Gumat, Municpal Market and flows along the left side of the Indira Chowk and Bus Stand road and passes through the Sant Market before its outfall into the river Tawi. He said that the said Nallah in the built up areas of the Sant Market and adjoining areas created a havoc especially during the rainy season with water gushing into the houses and commercial establishments situated there. He said that the realignment would redress all these problems.
Regarding the street lighting of old Jammu city, the Finance Minister directed the concerned authorities to formulate a comprehensive plan, which should in no circumstances exceed Rs 25 lakh limit. He said that 50 percent of the total cost of the project would be released immediately when the proposal would be routed for approval.
Mr. Yogesh Sawhney, who also spoke on the occasion said that with the realignment of the Nallah a long pending demand of the people of the area stands fulfilled. He informed that a whopping Rs 113 crore stands sanctioned for the development of Jammu East constituency.
Among others, MLA Mrs. Shanti Devi, Commissioner JMC Mr. Vinod Sharma, Joint Director Information Mr. S.K. Sharma, Chairman Health and Sanitation Committee JMC Mr. Vijay Malhotra, councilors Mrs. Lalita Sharma and Mr. Pawan Singh were also present. |
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