* BJP failed to deliver on commitments: Bhalla
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 16: Accusing the concerned authorities for their failure to honour their commitments with the people from time to time forcing them to come on roads, Congress today strongly advocated for the proper rehabilitation of Nai Basti shopkeepers besides seeking immediate settlement of 30 refugees families uprooted from parking site of Jammu airport who are running from pillar to post for six years.
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Addressing a joint press conference, JKPCC senior leaders including working president Raman Bhalla, chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, former Minister Yogesh Sawhney, I/C HQ Ved Mahajan, DDC TS Tony said that the highest authority of LG administration made commitment with agitating Nai Basti shopkeepers and sweets were distributed by BJP leaders but that commitment was not honoured and shopkeepers served notices, forcing them to start agitation.
Bhalla said that it is question of livelihood of shopkeepers and everyone supports their cause but the LG administration failed to honour the commitment and the widening is under central department, so ball lies somewhere else and commitment should be honoured before disturbing them. BJP failed to get the commitment honoured after getting mandate in Lok Sabha and Assembly.
Referring to the 30 uprooted refugee families from the site of parking outside airport, few years back, Bhalla said that these families are running from pillar to post for their settlement and rehabilitation at the place identified for them at Raipur Rakh. They are very poor and living in rented places and 27 members of these families have lost lives in stress and struggle during this period but they were not get settled on place earmarked.
This is great injustice to the poor people who were thrown under open sky after demolishing their shelters / structures in 2019, who were residing here since post, 1947. They were first asked to go Sunjwan tehsil Bahu but now are awaiting resettlement at Rakh Raipur, Tehsil Bahu.
Congress leaders took the task to the higher authorities who make commitments with people but later don’t honour well in time, resulting into great harassment to them and people loose faith in the authorities. Every commitment should be honoured within time schedule and no one should be uprooted before proper settlement, they added.
Senior Congress leaders also reminded the higher authorities of the repeated commitments to the inhabitants of Channi Rama, Channi Bija, Channi Himmat, Channi Kamala regarding re-opening of Public (PWD) road, which has been closed by Armed Police, Channi Himmat Jammu, causing great inconvenience to the general public.
A project with estimate cost of Rs 343.58 lakhs is awaiting sanction and funding for over three years but biting dust in higher offices of Home Department. It is unfortunate that the authorities are sleeping over urgent issues while BJP leaders only busy in photo ops and making hollow claims of massive and speedy development under centre controlled UT and LG administration.
Raising another important issue of the proposed laying of ammunition depot near residential localities and religious place in Chowadi area, the senior Congress leaders expressed grave concern over the hardships to be faced by the residents. This is very unreasonable decision of the authorities and required highest level intervention to stop this project in the larger interests of people of adjoining localities.
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