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| Is beautification of ghats an alternative to misgovernance? | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Ali Mohammad Sagar, Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Parliamentary Affairs has said the beautification and landscaping of various heritage structures would be initiated on a fast track basis.
The statement comes from the state law minister when normal governance, equitable development and most of all the credibility of the government is at its lowest ebb. Why not address the present before the State government thinks of beautification and preservation of heritage for the future? If the state government continues to work the way it has been for the last nearly three years, everything in Jammu and Kashmir would become heritage.
The Minister has also directed Senior Officers of Administration, Irrigation and Flood Control, R&B and other allied departments were accompanying him to carry out the beautification along the banks of Jhelum from Fathekadal onwards, the Minister also asked them to ensure that the necessary repair work of the Ghats "The beautification and renovation should be taken in such a manner that it is in consonance with the local architecture and taste", he maintained.
Mr. Sagar also disclosed the government is actively considering the proposal of introducing water transport to the Srinagar city, so that the traffic congestion can be checked by providing an effective transportation facility to the people living in the city. He said that it would also go a long way in promoting tourism besides giving the much needed alternative to the people.
Water transport is yet another novel idea of the State government. After all our roads in cities and towns have become choked due to traffic mess up, the government is talking of water transport. A better idea would of course be to shift the two capitals of Jammu and Srinagar to some far off place so that the traffic mess is taken control of.
The Minister also inspected the status of work being undertaken on the prestigious KZP road project and directed the officers to ensure that the shopkeepers getting dislocated should be given adequate compensation and rehabilitated properly as has been done with those of Khawaja Bazar and Nowhatta.
We have a government in power which on the one hand says they will pay permanent government employees half the wage, but will compensate dislocated people. Where and what are the actual priorities of the state government? Perhaps Mr. Sagar also does not know.
Mr. Sagar also appealed the people to understand the importance of peace for carrying out various developmental works. He said that we have to understand that no development is possible without having sustainable peaceful atmosphere as the state suffered a lot due to the disturbances which were prevalent during last decades. "People should also give a befitting reply to the forces that are propagating divisive politics as they are the real enemies of peace and believe in dividing on the basis of region and religion", he added.
Asking the people to give a befitting reply to divisive forces. Who are the divisive forces? Those who have increased the void between the three regions of the state or those who are criticizing the government's failure to rise to the occasion? Mr. Sagar should not hedge words; he must start plainspeak when everybody including him knows what ails the state.
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