Former Minister and senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Naeem Akhtar has expressed serious concern over the snail’s pace of work going on over connectivity projects in north Kashmir’s Bandipora,
He urged Governor’s administration to ensure the issue isaddressed on priority and withoutfurther delay.
In a statement Akhtar said that the pace of connectivityprojects in the constituency is extremely slow and is adding to the hardships of the people there. “The previous government had sanctioned anestimated 156 crore rupees under different schemes, however, according theAkhtar, due to slow execution there are apprehensions that these vital projectsmay miss the set deadlines.
The PDP leader said that keeping in view the slow pace ofwork going on at present on main Safapora-Bandipora road phase 2, the projectwouldn’t get completed in December this year which was its deadline forcompletion.
Akhtar also raised the issue of Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya,stating that while the governor administration last year itself assured peoplethat the school will be made operational within stipulated time, its actualconstruction is yet to be taken up.
The PDP leader also requested Advisor Sharma to personallyintervene so that the projects that have almost gone into limbo could beexpedited.
Akhtar also urged him to visit the constituency to takestock of the works going on there. Further, he demanded the post of Executive Engineer lying vacant inBandipora should be filled and asuitable Engineer is posted there at an earliest.