J&K beset with administrative inertia, people hankering for basic needs: Dr Kamal
Srinagar, 28 May: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Thursday expressed concern over the state of affairs in J&K saying over the past 10 months J&K continues to grapple with administrative inertia where people irrespective of region or religion are hankering for basic needs.
In a statement issued tk KNS reads, additional general Secretary Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal said, “Ever since the measures as were taken on the 5th of August last year, people in J&K continue to face a plethora of challenges coupled with the brewing disenchantment among the unemployed youth. Administrative apathy, development inertia has taken a firm root in J&K. The avenues of employment for youth have shrunk and the future prospects also look gloomy in view of newly introduced domicile laws. The measures have had a cataclysmic effect on businesses, tourism industry, handicraft sector and agriculture. The losses to industry and agriculture are immense and will take years to recover.”
He further added, “People of J&K find themselves in dire straits. Baffled and confused, they don’t know from where to get their problems redressed. The urban lives of the towns and cities are in chaos. Far from redeeming the situation, as was claimed by the current ruling regime, it is no where what was achieved through painstaking efforts by New Delhi and the local legitimate representative voices of J&K. Everything has been undone; every single pivotal sector is on the brink of collapse.”
The response of the government towards the woes of preceding winter month, and the vagaries of weather have been awful , he said adding that the response of the government to the seasonal agricultural activities of farmers has also hit rock bottom. “There is no sign of redemption on ground which the incumbent ruling dispensation is trumpeting around. The administrative deficit and development inertia in the cities of Jammu and Srinagar can help us gauge how bad the situation will be in far-flung areas,” he said. (KNS)
