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PYC adopts Chor Panjian village on Gandhi Jayanti
10/3/2010 10:17:34 PM
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UDHAMPUR, Oct 3: “India resides in villages and development of rural areas is a pre-requisite for the development of India” It was in the backdrop of this slogan coined by Mahatama Gandhi, father of the nation, that Pradesh Youth Congress (PYC) has adopted Chor Panjian village for purposes of its all round development and provision of basic living facilities therein. Situated on the boundary of Majalta Tehsil, bounded by Ramnagar Tehsil and tehsils Bani and Billawar of Kathua district, it takes about three-four hours to reach here on foot from the nearest road point. The area has a population of about 5,000 souls, having worst topography, tough terrain and militancy-infested conditions. There is nil road connectivity in the area. And most of the habitations are without provision of electricity and drinking water facility. The people have to troop down on foot to the Dhar road and then travel a distance of 150 kms on road to reach their block headquarters at Jakhed (Dudu). This apart the block headquarters of the Horticulture Department, Agriculture Department, Social Welfare Deptt., Animal & Sheep Husbandry Department are situated either at Dudu or Basantgarh, (at a motorable distance of about 150 kms from these villages). It might have been a record in the history of independent India that any of the aforementioned departments has not ever organized any awareness camp or made any spot visit here. People are not getting BPL ration and kerosene oil to light lamps for their school-going children. Repeated complaints have been made by the local people but to no use. Entire cement for construction of Panchayat Ghar has been issued since the past more than ten years but building is yet to be constructed. There is no dispensary or a Veterinary/Sheep Husbandry sub-centre in the area The High School and other middle and primary schools in the area sans proper staff, laboratories, libraries, computers and other state-of-art facilities. The students of the area have to shuttle to Nagrota or Ramkot (in Tehsil Billawar, District Kathua) to pursue secondary school studies. The people of the area subsist mainly on out-of-station labourerships. The area has been enlisted in RBA category but on account of a callous typographical error on part of Backward Classes Commission in properly spelling names of these villages, the revenue authorities are not able to process the files of eligible candidates.
While addressing a press conference today, RS Pathania, Sr Vice-President, J&K PYC, informed the press-persons that Pradesh Youth Congres has decided to adopt this village which is bearing the worst brunt of underdevelopment, maladministration and poor governance. On Gandhi Jayanti, a debate competition on the topic, “Relevance of Gandhian Philosophy in Today’s World” was held where as many as eight students participated. Thereafter gift hampers were distributed among all the students of H.S. Motu and surrounding schools. Later, a “Sarv Dharam Bhoj’ was organised in the premises of H.S. Motu wherein students and people from all classes and castes sat together and had meals.

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