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RAMNAGAR: Alleging neglect and deprivation of Ramnagar constituency in the matter of development, Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister has called upon the government to appropriately and adequately address the developmental issues of the aforesaid areas in view of wide spread public resentment brewing therein.
Addressing public gatherings in Balota Chigla, Keya and Kaitha villages of Ramnagar Constituency, Harsh regretted that development initiatives launched by him in the past had come to a grinding halt with no action whatsoever to activate the derailed projects which continued to remain in limbo for the last around more than three years.
Expressing grave concern over the pathetic plight of the existing roads, chaotic power supply system, dysfunctional water supply schemes, corruption plagued Rural Development and Food and Supplies Department and staff deficient schooling system, Singh deplored that Ramnagar Constituency once known for revolutionary growth and development had been relegated to the position of tail ender in the matter of development.
Strongly flaying the abandonment of work on the satellite university campus in Ramnagar, Singh regretted that the construction work on the project was stopped in January 2015 immediately after he ceased to be MLA despite 90 per cent of the project having been completed. He questioned the non-initiation and non completion of the remaining 10 per cent of the work on the said campus despite lapse of more than three years. He regretted the non introduction of four additional courses in the aforesaid University campus approved by the University council by a resolution passed in 2013 with merely two old PG courses being run from the Degree College building Ramnagar. He further questioned the fate of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) approved under the aegis of Agricultural University at Marta, Ramnagar and ITI complex at Kirmoo, Ramnagar during 2012-13 for Rs. 11 crore and Rs. 3 crore respectively and deplored non initiation of any action in respect thereof during the last two years. Urging upon the district and local administration to identify the officials responsible for withholding the payment of compensation to the farmers for lands acquired from them under PMGSY, Harsh called for stringent punitive action against such delinquents. He warned that exploitation of rural folk, farming community and marginalised sections shall no longer be tolerated.
