Chenab power project to give jobs to unemployed: Saroori

Drabshallah (Kishtwar), Feb 22: - Former Minister and MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori today said the power projects coming up on Chenab at Rattlee-Drabshalla, Gursar, Pakaldoul, Karthai and Keru would provide electricity to several villages and jobs to the people of Kishtwar.

 

He asked youth to get training through Industrial Training Institutions to meet the job demands, adding Government had set up network of ITI aimed to train youth in different trades. He said the managements of these power projects had been asked to absorb local youth on 80 per cent posts.

People of the far flung areas gave rousing reception and were raises slogan in favour of Saroori. Addressing huge public at Drabshalla, Keshwan, Sirgwar, Mangthala, Shana & Feller he said the people of erstwhile district Doda were given special attention and government’s massive development programme would definitely transform the socio-economic status of the people living in remote areas of the district.

He said Government was aware of the problems of people living in the district adding measures had been initiated to ensure that every family, living below poverty line, could get a shelter shed under Indra Awas Yojna and unelectrified villages will get electricity under RAMSA. He said all un-electrified villages would be electrified by 2014 March and till then alternate arrangements of solar lights would be made.

Saroori urged the people to play their crucial and useful role in achieving this cherished agenda. He said the efforts of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Congress high command have resulted in generating a peaceful and conducive atmosphere which is reflected by the massive participation of voters in Panchayti elections. He reiterated that Congress party will play the role of bridge between grass roots level workers and the government functionaries. He called upon workers to be pro-active in their areas and help in mitigating their problems. He stressed the workers and people to get ready for the 2014 elections & work hard for the success in next election.

Saroori distributed Rs 35.20 checks among beneficiries of BRGF & IAY at Drabshallah & Rs 6 lakhs checks among beneficiries of BRGF & IAY at Thakrie & also distributed checks among people amounting to Rs.2.50 lacs for the dairy farm at Thakrie.

Saroori asked the engineers and all executing agencies to speed up and ensure timely completion of the projects.

Later at Saroori residence Son of Former Block President NC Gh Mouhiuddin Khandey, staunch BJP workers from Kontwara Dev Raj, Kuldeep Singh, Radha Krishan & others joins Congress in front of Mr Saroori. Welcoming the new entrants into Congress fold Saroori assured them to come up to their expectations and continue the developmental works and the welfare of the poor or down trodden people. He also said that the doors of the party are always open for all those who believe in the programme and polices of the Indian National Congress and have faith in its leadership. 

Mohd Iqbal Keen, Mohd Aslam Saroori, Bashir Hajam, Akhtar Hussain Tatani, Ramnath, Hesraj, Gian Chand, Captain Jagdish, Mohd Yusuf Shah, Krishan Lal Anjole, Fakir Chan, Ghulam Mohd, Basher Ahmed, Ronak Singh, Abdul Jabbar Sirgwari and Officers of various department accompanied Saroori during the said tour.