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TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 Cash crunch hits J&K Treasuries, Zadibal faces neglect, no basic facilities liability reaches Rs 2000 cr over the ration. We needs former for 40 households and al times but he says that the times with the demand of a Hakeem: “Amda Kadal to of our problems. He promised more ration depots. Besides, there is low voltage. We transformer of the area is doctor for the dispensary but Hawal road is now 8 feet only, to resolve our problems but is not being released in their cleared by June 20 while some the ration is being sold in approached MLA 3 years ago overloaded that leads to fre- so far it has not been provided. it used to be 22 feet and over nothing happened”, they say. favour at the time of need. The were still pending. After April this black market leaving people and the PDD officials with our quent power cuts of the area”, We also met MLA of the area the years it has been The constituency is repre- Treasury Officers and the staff year, some bills of the contractors without ration. The deserving problem but nothing hap- says Hanif. several times but he showed encroached upon. From Molvi sented by Peer Afaq Ahmad have to face the wrath of the pub- were cleared. He said due to delay families have no BPL ration pened”, said Javed Ahmad, a The residents said that the no concern”, said Abdul Stop towards Bagwanpora the National Conference. He lic, employees, pensioners and in receiving funds from the Centre cards while non-deserving local resident. electric wires and poles are Hamid, a local resident. roads are narrow and trucks defeated Shahi Jehan Dar of contractors under such circum- this problem has been witnessed. posses it”, said Abdul Rashid, The roads of the area wel- over 40 years old. Majority of Another area of the con- fail to go inside the colony. People’s Democratic Party stances. He said not only in Jammu divi- a local resident. come you to a bumpy ride as the poles are damaged and stituency, Nowshera, is one of There is no public transport (PDP) by a margin of over Though several Treasury sion, but similar problems is being As one walks into Hawal they are full of pot holes. wires are drooping leading to the most neglected. One of the due to narrow roads and peo- 1000 votes. Peer polled 4335 Officers and even the Director faced by the Treasuries in on the main road, it gives a “Some roads of the area were threat to human lives. main problems of the area is ple have to walk 2 kilometers votes and Dar 3094. Accounts and Treasuries, Mohd Kashmir. Mr Malik, claimed that better feeling but when one repaired recently but majority Another resident Nasir that majority of its areas are to catch a bus at Molvi stop. The MLA Peer Afaq Aslam Malik claimed that Treasuries were operating directly walks inside the lanes and by- including that of Iqbal Colony Hussain said that work on the under green belt and no one People are ready for giving Ahmad told Excelsior that employees’ salary and pension under directives from the Finance lanes and meets the people, lanes have not been”, say resi- drain in the locality began can construct houses here. land for road widening but when he was elected in 2008 were among the top priorities of Department and priorities have the story turns out to be a dif- dents. some 4 years ago but it is still “We can’t construct houses Government is not coming from Zadibal, the constituency the Treasuries, yet employees of been fixed for the release of funds. ferent one. The residents also allege under construction. “The sew- here as it is in green belt. It is forward”, he added. was in shambles and only a some of the departments have He said salary and pension are the People here face acute lack of facilities at the erage of the area goes directly a major humanitarian problem “In Amda Kadal area particular area was developed been complaining of non-pay- top priorities besides Medical bills water shortage and residents Narwara dispensary. They into Khushalsar water body here as several families are Government sold Nazool land and majority of the constituen- ment of their salary for the month especially related to cancer, heart have to store water it for the have also problem with the which has turned into living in a single house. It of the area which could have cy was neglected over the of June. Cash crunch in the State and kidney patients. day. Says Irfan Ahmad: “The Narwara Ration Ghat where cesspool. We used to drink affects our privacy. If our area been used for constriction of years. has affected the pace of develop- Director General Accounts taped water never enters our residents allege sugar is sold water from it, bath in it and has been declared green belt, parks, playgrounds and other “Luckily Greater Srinagar mental works on many projects and Treasuries, J&K Altaf homes. We store water in in black market and people are now it is a cesspool, a breed- we should be provided alter- community level facilities”, project was launched in 2008 while many contractors have Mirza when contacted said that underground tanks as we get made to suffer on account of ing ground for diseases”, he nate land for the construction say residents. in Srinagar and it started from stalled work as protest for non- cash crunch in the Treasuries only one hour water supply at ration. said. of houses”, said Ghulam They allege that there were Zadibal with laying of sewer- payment of their pending bills for was observed due to non- 6 a.m. Sometimes we get A peep into the nearby A drive through the narrow Rasool Tiploo. four public ghats on Nageen age pipes. All the lanes and months together. With the cash approval of budget in New another hour’s water supply in locality of Alamgari Bazar has lanes reveals that some roads Residents say that there is lake and used to go to by-lanes were dug for laying crunch, public is the ultimate suf- Delhi. “The State has not the evening.” no different story to tell. The are in good condition but resi- acute water crisis in the area Hazratbal in boats. These the drainage pipes. Their ferer. received Plan funds so far. The The area used to have a area of the constituency also dents say inner lanes have as the infrastructure has not Ghats like Hakeen Yarbal restoration was a major chal- Contractors from JMC, R&B, delay in funds from New Delhi is beautiful water body – faces drinking water shortage. been repaired on political con- been upgraded for past 5 were encroached upon by the lenge. The CM was coopera- Local Bodies and even the PDD the main reason behind the cash Khusharsar, but over the However, residents say that sideration. “The Alamgari decades now. “We store water some influential and tive and 90 percent of these especially engaged for the repair crunch. Now, since the budget decades the sewerage of the they get water from tankers Bazar dispensary was not and taps mostly remain dry Government remained silent roads where roads were dug of transformers are the worst vic- has been approved, the problem locality has turned into a during the Moharram. upgraded for past four here. People have to remain in spectator. are now macadamized. Pipes tims. Many contractors alleged will be sorted out shortly”, he cesspool. “During rains drains Hanif Hussian, a local resi- decades. It lacks staff and cue to fetch water. We had The residents said that they and tiles were laid in 1262 that their cheques issued by the added. overflow and water enters our dent said that there is acute medicine and staff”, says fresh water spring here and also have erratic power sup- lanes of the constituency. I departments have lapsed as the Referring to the liability of homes”, say residents of the power crisis in the area. Asghar Hussain, a local resi- authorities mixed drainage ply. A transformer caters to tried my best to provide basic Treasuries have gone dry. Their Kashmir region, Mr Mirza tried area. “Power supply remains only dent. with it and it nowhere exists 200-300 households and they facility to the people. I can’t bills for the last over three to six to play down the pendency and The area also faces elec- for 2-3 hours during the day Residents say that no now”, says Ghulam Rasool are overloaded and often claim 100 percent but 45 to 50 months have remained unpaid. claimed that liability worth Rs tricity crisis in the form of fre- and in the evening there are kerosene was supplied to the Tiploo, a local resident. develop snags. “It takes weeks percent has been done”, said Chief Engineer R&B Jammu 400-500 crore could be in quent power cuts and low frequent power cuts. We people from Ration Depot of “The drains of the area together for the repairs and Peer Afaq. Hamid Sheikh when contacted Kashmir. He said the liability in voltage. “We have one trans- approached the PDD JE sever- the area since March this year. always remain blocked and at mostly we pay for it. The He said that two main claimed that bills of contractors of Jammu region is higher as com- The Ration Depot remains places are without manholes.