Jammu, June 22: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) working president Raman Bhalla on Thursday expressed dismay over the “paucity of essentials” in J&K saying the administration seems to have turned a blind eye to the woes of people.
He said this while interacting with the aggrieved people of Rajiv Nagar, New Plot, Janipur, and Bhour Pind.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla said there was a crisis-like situation in J&K due to the unavailability of the basic essentials. “The administration has failed to live up to its obligation of ensuring people all basic civic amenities and essentials,” he said, adding that the curtailment of water and power supply has compounded the woes of people across Jammu and Kashmir due to the ongoing summer season.
“Administration has also failed to have an anticipatory price control mechanism in its strategy to deal with the exorbitant price rise of basic commodities. The absence of administration on the ground has emboldened the willfulness of wrongdoers,” he added.
Bhalla said that undergoing inflation of food, vegetables, and other items has inadvertently hit the pockets of the lower middle class and middle class evenly. “We expect the administration to wake from the slumber and ensure that people don’t have to suffer any further. It is the primary duty of the administration to check price rises. In addition to that the divisional and the district administration should ensure affordable rates of all essentials,” he said.
Drawing the attention of the administration towards the plight of people due to the prolonged and unscheduled power cuts, the Congress leader said that the power infrastructure continues to be in shambles in various places, particularly in far-flung areas.
“People are suffering for want of basic civil amenities. The resentment against the government is at its peak due to rising prices which have made the lives of people miserable. Still, the BJP is in a celebration mode,” Bhalla exclaimed.
