Mendhar, May 15: Senior National Conference leader and party president Pir Panjal zone, Javed Rana criticized the government for its “total failure” in proper maintenance and repair of the road network falling under their jurisdiction in the Pir Panjal zone in general and Mendhar Tehsil in particular.
The NC leader said this while addressing media persons after meeting a delegation of people at the party office here on Monday. The delegation members raised multiple issues before Javed Rana being faced by the people in the Pir Panjal region with main focus on development, especially regarding the dilapidated condition of roads.
While terming the demands of the people as “quite genuine”, Javed criticized the J&K administration for “making tall claims about bringing transformation in Jammu and Kashmir post Article 370 abrogation in 2019”. He said all the roads in the zone are lying in a deplorable condition and urged the BRO authorities to take serious note of the issue and improve the condition of these roads before the harsh winters.
The former legislator asserted that the road network across the Pir Panjal is in dilapidated condition as most of the roads which were recently macadamized were in poor condition. “The other roads which were constructed by PWD and R&B department were also in poor condition. The officers sitting at the helm of affairs were least bothered about the deplorable condition of the roads. Nobody in the administration looking over the issues being by the general public across the Pir Panjal zone,” he said.
Javed Rana appealed to the LG Manoj Sinha to order a probe over all the roads constructed in the last one and half years in the Pir Panjal zone in general and Mendhar Tehsil in particular and blacklisted all such contractors who are looting the public money by using substandard material while constructing roads.
