Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Oct 06:
A delegation from Thakrie block of district Kishtwar led by Sh. Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, former Minister and Member of J&K Legislative Assembly, Inderwal, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here at Srinagar.
Sh. Saroori who recently undertook a tour of the Inderwal constituency failing in Kishtwar and Doda districts apprised Governor about various issues including implementation of cabinet orders for creation of tehsil status for Thakrie, Sarthal and Pingal, CD Block status for Sarthal and Kontwara, road connectivity, adequate supply of drinking water, filling of vacant posts in health institution, uninterrupted electricity supply, opening of new JK bank branches, pending development projects etc.
The delegation among others comprised Sh. Bashir Ahmed Sheikh, Sh. Capain Jagdish Raj, Sh. Ronak Singh Thakur, Sh. Chunni Lal, Sh. Mohammad Yusuf Lone and Sh. Mohammad Iqbal Malik.
The members of the delegation submitted Memoranda to the Governor, and said that in the year 2014 Nayabat Pakalan was upgraded to the status of Tehsil vide order no 242/2014 REV (S), dated 21-10-2014 which would have helped the people to get solutions of their problems at their door steps but after passing of four years the government failed to implement the order on ground. The status of Tehsil for Thakrie was made on the basis of genuine demands of the people as the Nayabat status was given to Pakalan Thakrie in the year 1972 but was not upgraded after that which would have been at the sub-division level as compared to other areas which have been upgraded.
The delegation said that 2014 newly creation administrative units was also cleared by the state cabinet and recently the Government has accorded approval to the creation of Administrative unit, tehsil status for Bhella in Doda district which was also passed by the state cabinet in the same list. But government did not issued any approval to other units. They urged Governor JK for implementing the state cabinet order of status of tehsil for Thakrie in letter and spirit so that 30 thousand people will be benefitted.
