JAMMU, DEC 20: Senior National Conference leader, Additional General Secretary and former Minister Ajay Kumar Sadhotra while accusing the Lt Governor-led Administration of not mitigating the problems of border dwellers has asserted that the incumbent Union Territory Administration has proved a total failure on all fronts.
He expressed this while addressing a party workers meeting at Village Kotli Mian Fareh in Miran Sahib area in Jammu South R.S Pura Constituency today.
The meeting was organized and Presided over by its Block President Balvinder Singh. Mr Ajay Kumar Sadhotra and Mr Rattan Lal Gupta, NC Provincial President Jammu were also present.
During the meeting Naresh Bittu, District President Jammu Rural B apprised the senior functionaries about the hardships being faced by border dwellers.
Ajay Sadhotra said the incumbent UT Administration has been totally ignoring the people living in border areas. He said that it has failed to raise Border Battalion as promised and the result is that drug abuse continues to be on the rise due to unemployment among youth of these areas. Moreover, in these areas the border people, in general, are facing acute irrigation problems due to non availability of power and water supply. He added that the farmers having fields at the tail end are the worst sufferers in this regard due to non-availability of water in their fields. The condition of roads in these areas is highly deplorable while as healthcare is no good too with ambulances nowhere visible on the ground.
Sadhotra said that the condition of farmers in the border belt is quite pitiable due to non-availability of seeds and fertilizers despite repeated commitments made by the Govt. This has led to tension and frustration among the farmers with none in the administration to mitigate their woes.
Rattan Lal Gupta in his address on the occasion said that while border dwellers are the worst victims of the misgovernance by the UT Administration, the people on the whole across J&K are shrouded in miseries thrust upon them by the LG Administration being the proxy Govt of BJP. He said that the incumbent government has turned a blind eye towards the problems being faced by the youth residing in border areas. He said that there are thousands of Govt. posts lying vacant today in various departments which need to be filled on a fast track basis.
The senior NC leader said that despite raising people’s issues including those of the border dwellers before the concerned authorities from time to time but no steps have been taken by the present government in this regard. He asserted that NC is the only solution to end all the problems confronted by the people in Jammu and Kashmir.
Among those who were present include: Pardeep Bali Provincial Secretary Jammu, Bimla Luthra Ex-MLA, Abdul Gani Teli Chairman OBC Cell, Vijay Lochan Chairman SC Cell, Raghvir Singh Manhas District President Jammu Rural A, Rakesh Singh Raka Vice President Central Zone, Kuldeep Kumar Sharma, Pinky Khalsa District President Jammu Urban Women Wing, Thoru Ram Mandi, Ved Prakash, Jatinder Kumar, Som Raj Taroch, Jatinder Bittu, Jagga Ram, Mohinder Singh, Madan Lal, Janak Raj, Sangat Singh and others.