Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) Wednesday lambasted the incumbent Governor administration for “failing to deliver on the daunting issues” that the state is facing.
“The skyrocketing of the prices of basic commodities has putextra burden on the people,” NC leaders, Muhammad Akbar Lone Ali Muhammad Darand Dr Bashir Veeri, in a joint statement said.
“There is paucity of various essential amenities and theprices of household commodities have skyrocketed. People have been left to fendfor themselves. There is no accountability on the ground,” the leaders said.
They said the incumbent Governor administration has”miserably failed to curb black marketing and price irregularities in themarket”.
They said the people are facing inadequate supply ofelectricity and water and scarcity of essential commodities in the holy monthof Ramadan.
They said, “The implementation of NFSA has adverselyaffected lakhs of APL and BPL consumers in the state. During the holy month ofRamadan, there is exponential increase in the demand of basic necessitiesespecially sugar. It was expected of the incumbent Governor administration torise up to the occasion and increase quota of ration especially sugar duringRamadan, but to our dismay nothing was done in that direction as well.”
Expressing dismay over the “inefficiency” of theadministration to ensure smooth movement of traffic on the Srinagar–JammuNational Highway, they said, “Even a shower detaches the valley with the restof the country. The government of India and the incumbent administration in thestate with all their men and machinery have miserably failed to maintain thesmall stretch of road connecting Jammu to Srinagar.”
“There is no headway on other road projects connecting Jammuto Srinagar since 2014. The need of the hour is to upgrade the Mughal Road sothat it could act as parallel link to Kashmir,” the statement said.
The leaders urged both the central government and theincumbent state administration to ensure “steady vehicular movement” on thehighway.