STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The opposition National Conference (NC) on Monday staged a protest against erratic water and electricity supply in Jammu and blamed the PDP-BJP coalition’s ‘ostrich-like’ approach for the problems faced by the people.
The NC workers gathered outside the Public Health Engineering department headquarters to lodge a protest and condemned the PDP-BJP coalition for the erratic water and electricity supply during summer months. “The government has failed on all fronts and lack of political will and direction has made the administration rudderless as a result of which governance is at its lowest ebb,” NC leader Dharamveer Singh Jamwal said.
Jamwal said that NC cannot be a mute spectator to the agonies of the people and shall knock every door to seek redressal to their problems. He expressed anguish over shortage of water and electricity in various places across the district and urged the divisional administration to constitute a team to review the situation and suggest corrective measures so that people get some respite.
Meanwhile, expressing solidarity with the agitating workers of the striking PHE Department, Provincial Vice President Chander Mohan Sharma said that had the government kept its promises and regularised the eligible need, daily wage, casual and other segments of the workers, such a situation would not have taken place. He said that disruption in the water supply is primarily because of the strike of workers.
Provincial Vice Presidents Mohammed Ayub Malik and Ch Haroon and Vice Chairpersons of SC and OBC Cells of the party Vijay Lochan and Abdul Gani Teli also addressed the protesters and warned that if there is no improvement in the supply of drinking water, the party will be forced to take to streets.
Rahul Mahajan, Rakesh Singh Raka, Davinder Sharma, Ashok Manhas, Rohit Bali, Anil Sharma, Swaran Singh, Sucha Singh, Ravi Dogra, Sanjay Gupta Pinki Bhat, Rashpal Singh, Alfaf Manhas, Anoop Sharma, Ramesh Abrol, Sanjeev Handa, Gurman Singh, Mohd Ashraf, Nitish Gowsami, Dilber Malik, Davinder Singh, Ashwani Charak, Ankush Abrol, Farman Ali, Ravinder Kumar , Dr. Tara Chand, Rohit Kerni, Shiv Kumar, Tanveer Singh, Sanjeev Dhawan, Anju Grover, Prabhat Khapai, Sandeep Singh and Waris Gill were also present.
