Jammu, Oct 10: Apni Party Provincial President Jammu and former minister S Manjit Singh on Tuesday demanded the restoration of old age pension, widow, disabled pension and enhancement of the pension amount in favour of the pensioners.
Addressing a party meeting here at the Apni Party office in Gandhi Nagar Office, the former minister said that the pension has been stopped by the authorities and formalities have been increased for the pensioners putting them to face hardship. The meeting, as per a party statement, was organised by Neelam Gupta, a women’s wing worker.
“The old age, disabled and widow pension should be restored with minimum formalities to help the pensioners under the government schemes,” he said, adding that the authorities should minimise the formalities and restore the stopped pension in favour of the pensioners.
Singh also demanded an enhancement of the pension amount. “If we form the next government, we are committed to enhancing the widow, old age and disabled pension,” he said.
The Apni Party leader also raised the issue of unscheduled power cuts and irregular drinking water supply in Jammu plains even after the installation of the smart meters. He demanded that the drinking water should be supplied on a regular basis and electricity should be provided round the clock.
“The electricity consumers are regularly paying the excessive electricity bills, but they do not get adequate supply in comparison to the charges they pay to the JPDCL,” he said, adding that the power consumers should not be harassed and the JPDCL should be held accountable for its inability in providing electricity 24×7 to the people even after charging them extensively.
Manjit Singh added, “The JPDCL has failed to buy adequate power to be supplied to the consumers in Jammu. It appears the JPDCL has misled the Lt Governor regarding the ground situation that has caused uneasiness among the people.” He demanded that the electricity as well as drinking water should be supplied adequately.
