Kishtwar, July 29: Vice Chairman Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) G M Saroori on Saturday assured the people of Marwah and Warwan in district Kishtwar that once elected to power, the DPAP government would develop these areas with a focus on roads, health and rural development.
Addressing a gathering here, Saroori promised better facilities to the people of Marwah and Warwan who remain cut off for six months from the rest of the world. Castigating the administration for “failing” to provide basic amenities, Saroori, who visited the far-flung villages, said areas like Inshan, Mangil, Afti, Margi, Bashmena, Choi Draman and Braaian villages of Warwan tehsil are without electricity, internet, and telephone facilities, a party statement issued here said.
“The people have been cut off from road communication for five months and the Rural Development Department Warwan has ignored the development in the Warwan block of district Kishtwar for the last three years,” he said, adding that while the staff of the BDO office have been reported absent from the area since October last year.
The DPAP leader listened to people’s grievances which include “absenteeism of RDD officials which has put entire construction and development works and public issues at a standstill in Warwan block”. “This leads to the lapse of government funds allocated for public works and development in Kishtwar,” the people, according to the statement informed Saroori.
