Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Sunday expressed resentment over paucity of civic amenities and appalling condition of roads in the summer capital saying it “debunks the tall claims of incumbent Governor administration on providing basic and effective amenities to the people of Srinagar.”
“The incumbent governor administration has miserablyfailed to rise up to the development demands of Srinagar. The government hadclaimed that RS 8000 crores have been earmarked for development of Srinagarcity. We had sent 8 projects from this segment for the government’s approval,but so far there has been no headway in that direction.,” Sagar, accordingto party statement, said addressing people while touring localities of Khanyarconstituency.
Elaborating, he said “similarly my colleagues had alsosought approval for various projects in their respective constituencies.However our repeated pleas fell on deaf ears. We didn’t see the incumbentgovernor administration invest in the vital projects of Srinagar.”
“The urban life of Srinagar city is beseeching forbasic amenities. The city roads, inner routes and alleys are dotted withpotholes. There has been no advance towards upgrading the existing infrastructure.The street lights are non-operational on various arterials. The work on variouscommunity halls and vital projects has been held up as well. The pitiable condition of city infrastructuredeflates the tall claims of incumbent governor administration as far asdevelopment is concerned,” he said.
The statement said Sagar made stopovers at variouslocalities in Khanyar constituency and interacted with the people who apprisedhim about the paucity of commodities in the city. “People are hankering forsugar and other items. The administration has failed to maintain pricestability in Srinagar city. In our times, we used to deploy flying squads tocheck the price rise and other irregularities including black marketing. Thefestivities of Ramadhan have been dampened by the rampant scarcity of muttonand other edibles. The sky rocketing prices of essential commodities is alsoadding to the mounting woes of people,” he said.
“The people have been left to fend for themselves.There is no accountability on ground. The laid back attitude of the incumbentadministration has aggravated the people who don’t know where to turn to forhelp. If this is the condition in the capital city of Srinagar, one can bettergauge what the people living in other areas must be going through,” he said.
Hitting out at the administration for what he said “itsantipathy” for Srinagar, he said, “I have doled out funds for the upgradation and beautification of ghats, street lights in my constituency from myConstituency development fund. Due to model code of conduct in place, the fundscould not be utilized, however I hope that the concerned agencies will ensurethat the funds are utilized now in a stipulated period of time.”