KL Report
SHOPIAN
Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday predicted overwhelming victory for his government in 2014 General Assembly Elections asking the people to ensure permanent eviction of the MLAs from Legislative Assembly who have remained away from its proceedings and failed to highlight public demands at the right forum.
While giving details over the investments in Shopian district, Omar Abdullah has said that over Rs 60 crores have been spent on the construction and upgradation of roads alone while five bridges are under construction at a cost of Rs 34.75 crores. He said three schemes have been approved under NABARD at a cost of Rs 6.57 crores and Rs 3.17 crores have been released as mobilization advance for these schemes. He said 23 road projects have been sanctioned in Shopian District, of which 21 have been completed and work on two schemes is in full swing.
As per a statement Omar Abdullah was addressing a largely attended public gathering at Wathu in Shopian District of South Kashmir. Chief Minister without naming PDP said that had the Pen-Inkpot (election symbol of PDP) party’s MLA of the area advocated the issue of compensation of land to its young owner in the Assembly, the youth would not have to wait for the visit of the Chief Minister to his area to register his grievance.
This, he said, in response to the demand made by a youth in the public meeting in this regard before the Chief Minister. Omar Abdullah directed the concerned to immediately attend to the genuine demand of the youth and redress its grievance positively.
“You have not returned our nominee from this constituency but we have not neglected you at all. We have ensured your development at par with other parts of the State as equitable and holistic development of the State is benchmark of my government”, he told the public gathering substantiating his statement with facts and figures of achievements registered in the constituency and the district during last four and a half years of the governance of his government.
The Chief Minister further said that 49 schemes have been taken up under Public Health Engineering programmes and 16 have been completed during the last three years and eight schemes are targeted for the current financial year.
Omar Abdullah has also said that a modern Fruit Mandi, first of its kind in Asia, has been sanctioned for Shopian to facilitate fruit growers and traders associated with this activity. He said, “Rs 40 crores have been earmarked for this market. A modern Mini-Secretariat for District Shopian is coming up at an estimated cost of over Rs 40 crores.” The Chief Minister further announced Rs 1.5 crore for the upgradation of LT/HT lines in Shopian. He also announced a receiving station in the area and Rs 70 lakhs for playground besides a modern Primary Health Centre and PHE augmentation scheme.
The Chief Minister has said that his government would continue to focus on redressing public grievances and expanding the orbit of development in all areas during next one and a half years adding that attention is being paid on creating economic activities by bringing Shopian on tourist map. He said construction of Mughal Road has opened new vistas of development and economic welfare for this district adding that the road has helped a lot to fruit growers to dispatch their produce to Poonch-Rajouri belt hassle-free.
Omar Abdullah has said that this all has been possible due to peaceful atmosphere underlining tranquillity and peace key to all round development. He said, “We have tried to reach out all areas on development front and deliver positively and purposefully. We are not like those who cover their eyes with black glasses and remain devoid of ground realities. We are fully aware of public difficulties and their demands. We are keenly addressing these and making necessary dent wherever required.”
The newly inaugurated Grid station will be energizing the receiving stations at Batpora, Gargan, Pinjura and Choudhary Gund. Another 33 KV Shadimarg feeder presently under construction will feed receiving stations at Shadimarg, Mittergam and Keller.
