Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Sept, 23
Pimpal Kumar Distt President Labour Cell Samba under the direction of Varun Bali J&K Senior Vice President in presence of Munish Rajput Distt Youth President Samba, Jyoti Devi Distt President Media Incharge Samba , Ajay Rana Distt President IT Cell, Mulkh Raj J&K President Labour Cell, Tilak , Rohit Kumar Distt President Sports and Culture Samba organized a press conference in Bari Brahamana today to highlight youth issues in general and labour class in particular.
Addressing media persons, Pimpal Kumar Distt President Labour Cell Samba extended open invitation to everyone from labour class to approach their office with all their grievances and assured that same will be projected on the concerned platform for the mitigation of same at the earliest. He urged both Union Govt and LG Administration to come out with clear cut roadmap for tackling concerns of youth who are finding themselves in a situation of despair and hopelessness. Not only educated but skilled and unskilled youth are grappling with unemployment due to multiple reasons like economic slowdown, pandemic lockdown but essentially the avenues are very limited in Jammu and Kashmir, which is lacking corporate and industrial sectors and hence dependence on the government sector is more”, he said.
Pimpal said continued unemployment has brought despondency among them and they are genuinely feeling pushed to the wall, he said while urging the administration to focus towards this end since the future of lakhs of youth is in jeopardy.He also made a passionate appeal to the Government for expediting recruitment process to a whopping number of vacancies available in various government departments, saying this will address the major concern of the educated unemployed particularly those nearing over-age. He also stressed the need for launching special drives in police and other forces to create opportunities for the desirous youth of the permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. He further said that the unemployment problem cannot be put under the carpet for a long time keeping in view the frustration gripping the youth.
Munish Rajput Distt Youth President Samba in his address said that his team of youth is interacting with youth, listening to their problems and have assured that their issues will be taken up at appropriate forums for redressal. He accused LG administration of being indifferent to the plight of the youths of the Union Territory, who, he claimed, were turning to drugs out of joblessness and ensuing frustration. He said the incumbent administration’s lack of interest in the needs of youths has also incurred a cost in terms of their physical and mental health. Youths are a major part of our demographics but regrettably this promising chunk of the J&K population is living in frustration, unemployment, and insecurity. Despite having the best of capabilities, our youths are unable to get decent jobs in J&KUT. Mired by hopelessness and anxiety, our youths are taking to drug addiction and substance abuse. He said there is a great need to come up with a youth project that seeks to relocate and rejuvenate the disenfranchised energies of our youths.
