Srinagar, Oct 03 (KNS): Several Panchs from north Kashmir’s Zachaldara Handwara of Kupwara district on Saturday tendered their resignation against the apathetic behavior of administration towards their concerns.
According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Panchs of Panchayat/Halqa Behnipora, Tehsil Zachaldara Handwara in their resignation letter addressed to District Election Officer (Deputy Commissioner) Kupwara said, “With regards, we the undersigned Panchs of Panchayat/Halqa Behnipora are hereby submitting this resignation letter from the elected posts of Panchayat before you for further course of necessary action at your end please. The main reasons for this resignation are mentioned below, because of which we were not in a position to continue as public representatives at ward levels of our Panchayat: (1) That as envisaged under the guidelines of Panchayati Raj Act, the demands and proposals in Our panchayat wards are not given due consideration and execution in the plans and proposals of Block developmental programmes; (2) That our areas/wards have always been side-lined for welfare activities by the administrative authorities despite of submitting of proposals and urgent demands of the people in our locailities; (3) That a-few people at the top level have hijacked the developmental fund of our whole panchayat and the same is being spent/executed ithout the knowledge of Panch members/ stakeholders to the developmental programme; (4) That our loclities/wards have been made untrodden ways and the people who elected us are fed of our inabilities to redress their urgent local demands of construction and maintenance of public utilities; (5) That at this stage we all the undersigned have acknowledged the mismanagement and misleading the masses/people by the administrative officers at Block level, Sub-District level officers (Divisional officers) & also at District level (District Officers) as we have by every means left at the mercy of the Almighty”.
Those submitted their resignations include Sheikh Ashaq Hussain, ward member, PH Behnipora (Ward: 03); Amina Begum Ward member, (Ward:05), PH Behnipora, Ghulam Rasool Hajam, Deputy Sarpanch, PH Behnipora, Shabir Ahmad PH Behnipora and Meema Begum PH Behnipora.
The letter has been copied to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K Srinagar, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, BDO-Rajwar, Panchayat Halqa Behnipora and media outlets. (KNS)