Chatroo:- Former Minister and MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori during a series of public address at Chatroo said that peace is an imperative for development in entire Chenab valley and urged the people to maintain peace and communal harmony. Mr Saroori remarks come in wake of escalating tension in Chatroo Tehsil of Kishtwar District over the uploading of alleged blasphemy photographs on facebook. He warned the people over the nefarious designs of some vested interest people in the society who according to Mr Saroori are hell bent to disturb the peace and communal harmony in the area. He condemns the uploading of the blasphemous pictures on social networking site facebook and assured the people that the culprits will be punished under law. “I have already taken up the matter with honorable Union Home Minister, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, State DGPand other Senior Officers of police and District administration who assuredme that they will conduct through probe of blasphemy case so that the culprits will be booked under law.” Mr. Saroori said.
Saroori said that the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh was also aware about the case and said that both state as well as center government is committed to investigate the matter and punish the culprits. Mr. Saroori termed the uploading of blasphemous pictures on facebook as an attempt to derail the pace of development process in Jammu and Kashmir for which both center as well as center government is making all its efforts to provide betterquality facility to the people at door step.
He said that during last two years, state as well as center government has spent nearly Rs. 100 cr in last 2 years in Chatroo block alone through MGNREGA, PMGSY, BRGF, CDF, MPLAD, R & B, IAY and other state and centrally sponsored scheme. He urged the people to give peace a chance so that the developmental targets fixedby government for Chatroo and Kishtwar District could be achieved. He informed the people that revenue officials are already busy in preparing drought cases of the farmers so that same could be taken up with the honorable Chief Minister and Revenue Minister for sanctioning of reliefcases.
On this occasion Mr. Saroori along with Block Development Officer Inderwal Qazi Masood Ahmed distributed cheques worth Rs. 10.67 lacs as first installment of IAY @ Rs. 24250/each among 44 beneficiaries, beside Rs. 20.50 lacs were also distributed among 86 people out of MPLAD funds sanctioned by MP Chowdhary Lal Singh. Department of Science and Technologyalso distributed 30 solar lamps among the Schedule Tribe members. All the30 beneficiaries were given the solar lamps @ Rs. 500/each, while theactual cost of each solar lamp is Rs. 5500 in open market. Mr. Saroori was accompanied by senior Officials, Sarpanch Tariq Hussain, Bidya Lal, Haji Ghulam Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, Bashir Ahmed Ahanger, Nazir Ahmed Chowdhary, Abdul Rashid and Sheikh Basharat VP Youth Congress Inderwal.
Meanwhile people took strong exception of absenteeism of Tehsildar Chatroo as a result of which the people of the area suffered on account of day to day work. The agitating people also raised slogans against Tehsildar Chatroo and were pacified only after MLA Inderwal took up the matter with Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar who assured the people that Tehsildar Chatroo will attend his office regularly and will clear all the pending files in next two to three days.
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