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| Vakil takes dig at Govt over slow pace of development in Jammu | | 'Financial mess in various departments needs to be looked into' | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SAMBA, Jan 22: Taking a dig at the State Government over the slow pace of development works, the senior Congress leader and former Minister Abdul Ghani Vakil said today that the projects particularly which took off in Jammu region during the regime of Ghulam Nabi Azad have either stalled or delayed.
Addressing a public meeting at Samba today, Gani Vakil said that it was during the tenure of the then Congress Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad that a number of development works were started.
He said that beginning from creating eight new districts to constructing Attendants' Sarai for family members of patients undergoing treatment at Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu besides taking up construction of Super Speciality Hospital, all these development projects were initiated by Azad.
Tulip Garden of Srinagar and mega parks and walkways in Jammu were all made for the welfare of people.
Regretting that work on many such mega projects including development of Tawi front, barrage on Tawi, ropeway connecting Bagh-e-Bahu to Mubarak Mandi stand abandoned for no genuine reasons.
Work on other tourist sites including development of Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex, Jai Valley resort Bhaderwah, Bhaderwah's fish pond and Gatha Valley initiated during the tenure of Azad were also dumped which need to be taken up on priority basis.
Lamenting that it was due to increased corruption and nepotism that many such projects were not able to see the light of the day, Vakil said Dal dwellers are a glaring example of such negligence as till date they have not been rehabilitated. The cleanliness of Dal Lake is also going on at a slow pace while many other lakes and waterways have not been paid any attention for attracting tourists or saving the ecology of Kashmir Valley, he added.
He said that sheer violation of Master Plan has converted Jammu city into a concrete jungle which must be got investigated by an independent agency.
Pointing a finger towards financial irregularities in various departments, Vakil urged the Chief Minister to look into the mess which is hampering the development of the state.
The former minister said that due to favouritism in the administration, transfers and postings have become an industry which should be checked. He urged the chief minister to constitute a commission which could look into the illegal constructions and come out with facts so that guilty could be punished.
Senior Congress leader said that Congress stands for decentralization of powers and it was towards this end that Panchayat elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir State during the coalition regime. He said that this was the beginning of new era and elected Sarpanches and Panches should now be given powers so that they could prioritise the development of their villages.
He asked the government to immediately hold the elections to local bodies and municipal committees so that people at grass root level are empowered. The unprecedented delay, he said was causing great unrest amongst people and it is also against the very policies of Congress. |
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