Shabir lays foundation of Rajdani-Paryali road Says better connectivity must for socio-economic transformation RAJOURI, AUGUST 04-Minister of State for Health, Mr Shabir Ahmad Khan today laid foundation of Rajdani-Paryali road in Rajouri district. The construction work of this 8-Km boarder road would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 4.61 crore under the Central Government’s flagship programme PMGSY. On completion it would provide the facility of better road communication to over 3000 population of the area. Addressing a well-attended public meeting after laying foundation of the road, the Minister said that the Government has set into motion a golden era of development, adding that coming years will be a turnaround in socio-economic transformation of the State. “An unprecedented era of development and peace has dawned in the State during the current dispensation under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah”, Shabir said while addressing a public gathering. He said the resources will be mobilized and consolidated to create basic facilities to the people with special focus on equitable opportunities of development and uniform justice to poor and backward areas. He said Government is abreast with the problems of the people and no stone will be left unturned to redress their grievances. Mr. Shabir said that it is endeavour of the Government to provide a transparent and accountable administration to the people and for the purpose the landmark laws including RTI, PSGA and Vigilance Commission have been enacted by the present Government. “Enactment of these laws is sequel to Government’s efforts to provide corruption- free governance to the people” Shabir added and asked the people to avail benefits of these laws. He said 69 services have been brought under the ambit of PSGA and PRIs have been made directly responsible to supervise these services to be ensured to the the people in a time bound manner. The Minister said in view of the paramount importance of road connectivity in socio-economic transformation of the society, the Government has undertaken a well-tailored programme to construct roads and bridges in every nook and corner of the State. “Now each and every village having a population of above 250 souls shall essentially be connected with road network under PMGSY”, Khan added. The Health Minister cautioned the people about the forces inimical to peace adding that some defeated elements in order to satiate their vested interests are hell bent to vitiate the atmosphere of peace by raising frivolous issues. “But they will never succeed in their nefarious designs because the people are aware about their machination and double standards. They have neither any agenda nor any mass base and rely only on politics of lie and deceit. He said no body will be allowed to disturb the peace as the people of the State are yearning for peace and development. The Minister reaffirmed that being the local representative equal development of all the areas was my priority and no injustice would be done to any area of the Constituency on the developmental front. He assured the people that all their genuine developmental needs would be carry out in a phased manner. He also impressed upon the officers to solve the people’s genuine problems and developmental needs on priority. Later the Minister also reviewed pace of progress of various on-going projects being executed in the district under core sectors. He received detailed appraisal of physical and financial statues of the projects. He impressed upon the concerned Engineers to redouble their efforts and accelerate the pace of on-going projects for their time bound completion so that the people can avail the benefits of these projects.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 13:34:01 +0000
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