Senior Congress Leader and MLA Inderwal, G M Saroori today on the floor of Assembly demanded that allocation and release of funds under District Plan should be considered on Constituency basis as per data generated.Saroori criticize the way allocation and additionality of funds are distributed in the state. He stressed for timely release of funds under State and Centre Plans for completion of ongoing projects besides taking up of new projects in Inderwal Constituency.Cutting across the party lines; the state government faced criticism from Congress MLA Inderwal G M Saroori for cutting down on the financial aid to the state’s “backward pockets.” Government would every year keep Rs 50 crore for the development of the “bad pockets”. “But only Rs 3 crore has been released this year, so far. How will this amount boost the development scenario in the bad pockets in the State?” Saroori questioned.
He also raised a finger on Planning Minister Ajay Sadhotra who was helpless in answering the queries of Saroori. Two MLAs of National Conference party join hand with Saroori and attacked Planning Minister on allocation of funds in their constituencies also. Irfan Shah and Peer Afaq both ruling NC MLAs also supported Saroori over the issue of allocation of funds. Opposition PDP also supported Saroori over the issue of allocation of funds in the last five and half years of governance in the state of J&K.
Saroori during the zero hours also raised the question that labourers / Job card holders in Erstwhile district Doda have not been paid their wages since last one year, he pressed to speaker to give directions to Government for early clearing of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) liabilities in Erstwhile Doda district. He also questioned that last years plan under Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) is still pending for sanction/approval beside funds released for Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) cases remained unspent in Panchayat Karool A, B, C, Ghan and Poora Chandali in Drabshallah block, he demanded early sanctioning of the BRGF plan and spend of the funds for IAY cases in the panchayats at an earliest, so that the weakest sections of society will construct a house of respectable quality for their personal living.
In this regard J&K Speaker Mubarak Gul directed the concerned departments to clear liability of MGNREGA beside spend funds for IAY in Drabshallah block on priority bases as soon as possible.Later Saroori today called upon Principal Secretary Finance, B.B.Vyas here at Summer capital Srinagar, and pressed him to release the funds for early clearance of MGNREGA liabilities in erstwhile district Doda. B B Vyas assured Saroori that within days Finance department will release the funds to Rural Development Department (RDD) department for clearance of liabilities under MGNREGA. It is pertinent to mention here that Erstwhile district Doda has Rs 65 crores liabilities under MGNREGA for that Union Government who has sanctioned 160 crores for clearance of liabilities and for new work in the state.