Srinagar October 5 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference Senior Vice President and former minister, Abdul Gani Vakil, while touring different wards of Sopore town especially Mahrajpora, Arampora, Cinkipora, Muslimpir and Sheer colony expressed deep concern over the lack of basic facilities in Sopore town and urged the government to address the grievances of the people who are always crying and protesting over the lack of basic facilities in their town especially shortage of drinking water, poor drainage facilities, and dilapidated roads in the town is a matter of grave concern and the present establishment of municipality is totally defunct, doing nothing for the development but only looting the state exchequer.
“The people of the town have been victimized and ignored by successive governments as well. The lack of basic facilities is a fundamental issue that needs to be addressed by the LG administration. The recent protest demonstration held by the residents of the town highlights their legitimate grievances and demands that the government must address, and what is surprising is that the present dispensation in the town spends most of the funds on unproductive activities, Vakil added.
He urged the LG administration and concerned authorities to take prompt action and address the genuine demands of the residents of Sopore. The government must listen to the concerns of its citizens and ensure that basic facilities are provided to them and take necessary measures to improve their living conditions. Vakil strongly demanded probe into the misappropriation of funds in Sopore municipality which has been misused and mostly shown to be spent on unproductive schemes which do not exist on soil at all.(KNS)