Poor basic amenities in Jammu Municipal limits glaring example of ill planned Smart City: Manjit Singh

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 03, 2021: Apni Party Provincial President Jammu Manjit Singh today expressed concern over poor basic amenities in Jammu Municipal limits which is being developed as Smart City.

The project Smart City seems to have reached nowhere near the dreams being sold to the people of Jammu, said Manjit Singh in his speech at a function organised here in Jammu.

He was speaking at the programme which was organised by District Organizing Secretary Jammu Urban Deepak Bradu. On this occasion, many people joined Apni Party which include Pravesh Zutshi, Sudhakar Sethi, Dhruv, Ram Lal, Joginder Sharma, Kapila Bradu, Neha Gupta, Rekha Rajput, Arti, Nimmi Sapru, Seema, Ratna Trich and others.

Welcoming the newcomers into the Party, Manjit Singh hoped that their joining would strengthen the party.

With reference to the suffering of people, he further said that there are increasing complaints about poor basic amenities in city residential areas falling under Jammu Municipal Corporation.

“The unfortunate situation can be gaged from the fact that the dengue cases are on rise to an unexpected level. The JMC and Health Department lack coordination in the extremely worrying situation,” he said.

He further said that “The fogging in infected residential areas in Jammu West Assembly has failed to tackle the situation as there is no control over the dengue cases. Families have been infected and the Health Department is found to have been watching the situation helplessly.”

Speaking on the occasion, Provincial President Women Wing Jammu Namrta Sharma also expressed concern over the developmental issues of Jammu, and its peripheral areas.

“The developmental works are going on at a snail pace, and the works are being initiated without any accentuality or supervision. The officials work in nexus with the contractors which needs to be exposed,” Namrta said.

Namrta further said that the LG administration should take into account the suffering of the people and hold the officials at the ground accountable for their negligence.

“The people are isolated from the Govt schemes due to the arrogance and negligence of the officials in different departments,” Namrta added.

SC State Coordinator Bodh Raj Bhagat, and Provincial Secretary, Dr Rohit Gupta also spoke on the occasion.

Meanwhile, District President Jammu Urban Pranav Shagotra while speaking on the occasion said that the wards in Jammu have poor development despite crores funds being pumped by the Govt of India in JMC for developmental projects which are yet to see light of the day.

Shagotra said that the installation of sign boards, selective installation of street lights, dust bins, and collection of garbage are the glaring examples of failure of JMC in taking out developmental activities without discrimination. He accused JMC for working to appease a political party.

Provincial OBC Coordinator Sohan Singh Soni, District Vice President, Vaibhav Mattoo, District General Secretary, Atul Sharma, District General Secretary, Shardeesh Rana, District Secretary, Ashraf Chowdhury, District Secretary, Abhishek Goswami, District Secretary, Ashif Chowdhary, Provincial President Youth Wing Vipul Bali, Provincial Secretary Youth Wing Vishal Jotshi, Provincial Secretary Youth Wing Suhail Kahjuria, Provincial Joint Secretary Youth Wing Jatinder Singh, Minority Cell Vice President Janmeet Singh, Trade Wing Provincial President Raj Sharma, District President Trade Wing Anirudh Vasist, District General Secretary, Dalbir Singh, District General Secretary Farooq Chowhan and others.