Srinagar, Dec 02 (KNS): National Conference (NC) on Saturday staged protest against the government failing to provide basic facilities to the people.
Led by NC District president Kupwara and MLC Qaiser Jamsheed Lone assembled at MLA hostel Kupwara and marched towards the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office amid anti-government sloganeering.
The protesters later presented memorandum to Governor N N Vohra through DC Kupwara, urging him to look into the problems being faced by the people.
“The present dispensation has utterly failed to provide basic facilities to the people. The Government is nowhere on the ground and has left people to suffer,” Jamsheed told KNS over phone.
He said that the basic facilities including electricity, water, ration and other things have become a dream for the people. “The people here are facing immense hardships in absence of these facilities,” he said.
He said that the work plan formulated as per the demands of the people by Gram sabhas was not approved while the approved work plans are being set to provide benefits to the ‘blue-eyed’ contractors “The people are being given assurances after they demand any developmental work in their area but later are being betrayed.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelThe developmental works being done in the district are only aimed to provide benefits to the blue-eyes persons,” he said.
Jamsheed said that they in a memorandum have urged the Governor to look into the matter and redress the problems being faced by the locals at the earliest. The spirit of MGNREGA has totally been abolished by allotting contracts of hefty amount to blue eyed contractors of ruling party instead of providing man days ro genuine job card holders and by means of a criminal nexus bank accounts of Job card holders are operated by unauthorised persons he said, that demands immediate investigation through independent agency. (KNS)