AJKKU holds meeting at Sunderbani, demands appointments of tehsildars & settlement of PHE casual labourer

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, JULY 12:—All J&K Kissan Union (AJKKU), a social voluntary organisation dedicated to the cause of the farming community, hold a meeting at Sunderbani in Rajouri district on Tuesday which was chaired by its Chairman, Ashok Sharma, a former Legislature.
Ashok Sharma demanded negotiation and settlement of the demands of PHE workers, exemption of road tax on Tractors, and immediate appointment of Tehsildars at Sunderbani, Siot and Beri Pattan.
Ashok Sharma urged upon the Lt Governor, Chief Secretary and Revenue Secretary to post Tehsildars at Sunderbani, Siot, and Bari Pattan in public interest ensuring the disposal of the files with regards to Pahari, EWs, ST, and SC certificates and day to day public functions without any delay.
He also demanded the release of 72 months’ wages of agitating PHE workers while reaching to the demands of the workmen, farmers, youth and general public during his monthly sitting at Sunderbani.
He urged upon the Lt. Governor and Agriculture Production Commissioner and Secretary Finance to exempt the road tax imposed by the UT Government on tractors used for agriculture purposes.
Ashik Sharma urged the government to withdraw finance department circulars dated 18-02-2021 and 06-10-2021 and enhanced medical allowance for the pensioners to Rs. 1000/- per month.
He also stressed upon release of the payments of MGNREGA of 2017 of village Hathal and Parat and for the years 2019-20 for villages Siot and Palli.
The other issues projected by the delegations were renovation and repair of deplorable recently constructed Laiter to Kali Dab via Devak road, construction and completion of road and Culberd Vyas Ghar to Snah Nalla up to thehouse of Barfi Ram Parat, by R&B department at an estimated cost cost of Rs 3,90,000/-, widening of Thandapani to Taryath via Bari Gala road, construction of 4 Kms High Way to Bakhar Mora Talla road, blacktopping of GHSS Sunderbani to Roari Tala 2 Kms road, completion of pending side filling of Marchola to Kalidab Taryath road by PMGSY.
Ashik Sharma also stressed the passing of the different kinds of mutations including that of succession mutations in a time-bound manner to avoid public inconvenience, teaching staff at HSS Devak, augmentation of water supply schemes at Devak, Peer Khana, (Saleri) and PDD Grid Station Devak and control of monkey menace in village Fulwari Sunderbani,vthe release of funds of Ward no. 11, Sunderbani by UED department amounting to Rs. 48.58 lacs pending vide letter no. DULVJ/2017/13695-96 dated 06-01-2018.
During the public hearings aimed at listening, recording the public grievances, and approaching the authorities for redressal and AJKKU is working as a bridge between the public and the government. The delegations of PHE workers, Tractor Union, Pensioners Association, representatives of PRIs, NGO’s and unorganized workers, youth, and farmers met and presented their problems.
Few prominent who joined the meeting include Madan Mohan Sharma, Vinod Kumar Sharma, Vidya Nath Sharma, Rameshwar Sharma, Krishan Lal Sharma, Chuni Lal Sharma, B.R. Sharma, Ganesh Dass, Manoj Kumar, Jagan Nath Sharma, Madan Lal Sharma, Bushan Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar, A.J. Sharma, Kuldeep Raj Sharma & Subash Chander Sharma.