Lack of road connectivity hampers developmental activities in rural areas: Saroori
Inaugurated suspension bridge over river Chenab at Pootinag
5 Dariya News (Anubhav Suri)
Kishtwar 05-Dec-2013
Stressing on the need of better road connectivity to felicitate fast development activities in rural areas, senior Congress leader and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Muhammad Saroori while inaugurating a foot suspension bridge over River Chenab at Pootinag Kishtwar said that due to non-availability of roads, the developmental activities in rural areas of Kishtwar District suffers badly.The 74.5 m bridge which was inaugurated by Saroori was constructed by R&B department as the cost of 145.62 lacs connecting Kishtwar District HQ with Poottinag area situated merely few kilometers away from Kishtwar town, but due to lack of road connectivity and bridge, it took people nearly 5 to 6 hours to reach Kishtwar town through Bandarkot route.While addressing various public meetings at Shandari, Anjole, Singpora, Sirgwari, Baigpora, Patshallah, Bahdad, Tatani area of Inderwal Constituency said that economic up-liftment of remote areas and employment generation for youth would largely depend on the status of connectivity and road communication.“Better roads would buttress development and economy and bridges engulf the economic gaps”, said Saroori. He said that centrally sponsored scheme PMGSY has played an important role in overall connectivity in eeriest while Doda District which was less than 10% when Congress lead UPA government introduce PMGSY scheme in J & K. He said that road connectivity in this backward area of the state has increased many fold. He said that efforts are being made to construct road from Kishtwar to this newly inaugurated bridge.
Saroori shows unhappiness towards slow progress on road construction taken in hand during his tenure as R & B Minister. He said that he as R & B minister sanctioned Rs. 50 lacs for this 2.5 KM road link, but added that funds were stopped thereafter. He said that there is still need for many bridges and road links in the District to link up cut-off areas and make these areas accessible.On this occasion, Sarpanches, Panches and local people put forth various demands and grievance before MLA Saroori including Link road for Gwaari, Zwari, Puttinag area, Opening of Health Sub-Centre at Gwari and Pootinag, electricity for left out villages in the area, issue of new ration cards for BPL, potable drinking water, etc.Saroori assured the people that all their genuine demands would be addressed at the earliest and issued on spot instructions to the concerned officers for early disposal of the issues brought up in the public meeting beside checked various works done by RDD and PHE and instructed the officials of PHE to complete Batwari pipe line scheme, Mangoh-Keshwan water supply scheme besides construct Tankis under IRWS at cost of 96lakhs at an earliest.
He also instructed the officials of RDD at Singpore, Anjole and Patshallah to ensure quick payment beside expedite linking of MGNRRGA job card, besides assigning targets for collecting numbers within a specified time frame.Over 35 prominent citizens and National Conference workers from Singpora, Vohal, Kadna, Anjole areas including Retired Dy. SP Ghulam Hassan Lone, Retired Forester Mohammed Munwar, Kasim Kohli, Abdul Naik, Ghulam Mohammad, Saidullah Naik, Bashir Ahmed Kohli, Jabbar Naik with their supporters joins Congress.While welcoming the new entrants into the party fold Mr. Saroori exhorted them to work for strengthening the party in their respective areas. Saroori and the party leaders congratulated the new entrants for their sagacious decision and hoped they will make Congress stronger.