Senior Congress Leader and MLA Inderwal, G M Saroori laid the foundation stone of Model Village at Kuchal of Block Chatroo, launched Integrated Watershed Management Programme by laying the foundation of entry point activities at village Mangthala Thakrie Pakalan (Kish-19) beside inaugurated government school building in Dramwagan, district Kishtwar on Sunday.While speaking on the occasion, Saroori said that development works worth Rs 111.85 and 901.95 Lakhs will be undertaken in the village under the scheme for providing basic amenities to the inhabitants. He asked the Rural Development & IWMP Department to put their sincere efforts in developing the area on modern lines.
Responding to the reception of the crowd, Saroori said development of Inderwal has been a lifetime mission to him. He said Inderwal’s development is an open chapter for everyone to watch. He asked the people to make a comparison of what the area was 12 years ago and draw conclusions then only. He thanked the people of Inderwal for the continued support to him during the last 12 years saying he has been overwhelmed by the response and feels indebted to them. He assured the people that he would leave no stone unturned in getting people of the area their due share in governance and development and getting it at par with other developed cities and towns of the State.
Referring to the development of Inderwal during the period he represented it in the Assembly, Saroori said it was during his tenure that Inderwal got the first college, 12 higher secondary schools and 49 high schools. He said the number of middle schools, which stood at 26 before his representing the area, rose to 280. Similarly, he said, 430 more primary schools were opened. He said the road length in Inderwal stood at 55 kilometres in 2002 which has been increased to a whopping 700 kilometres or more as more and more areas and habitations are being covered through road networks, administrative units in every area. A score of people from villages of far flung areas highlighted their day to day problems, Saroori assured the people that their genuine demands will be fulfilled in shortest possible time and in this regard gave on the spot necessary instructions to the concerned departments.
Saroori also chaired party workers meeting at Thakrie and Kuchal where dozen BJP, NC, PDP workers including Bashir Ahmed Rather, Abdul Gani, Safiya Begum, Mohd Amin Shah, Imtiyaz Ahmed, Mohd Akbar Ahanger, Mohd Ramzan, Mohd Issaq, Lassa Ahmed, Abdul Wahid, Misra Begam, Ghulam Ahmed Wani and others joined Congress where he stressed for strengthening of party- public relationship. Prominent among those Tehsildar Mugalmaidan Parvez Ahmed, officers of various departments including Zahid Mughal, Firdous Ganaie, Waseem Ahmed, Altaf Hussain, Abdul Rashid, Shabir Ahmed, Rajinder Kumar, Anil Kumar, sarpanches, panches, congress leaders, people in large were present.