Inhabitants of Budhal demands modification inJKISSSR-2022 & to fill Khawas Tehsildar post

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, NOVEMBER 09:–Inhabitants of Budhal Assembly Segment in Rajouri district through a prominent s ocial activist of the area on Wednesday raised several grievances and problems being faced by the people of remote areas in a ‘public darbar’ (Block Divas) chaired by Vikas Kundal, the District Development Commissioner.
Block Divas was held at Samote (in Budhal new block) Manzoor Naik, a prominent social activist & BJP leader raised various issues pertaining to the welfare of people living in this remote area.
Naik said recently the Administrative Council took a decision in order to provide social security by grant of monthly pensions to old age persons, widows, divorcees, physically and intellectually challenged (Divyangians) and transgender persons, who have meagre support or no source of livelihood.
“To ensure saturation, transparency, wider coverage and objectivity in the same, the Administrative Council has taken several decisions vide its Decision No. 123/10/2022 dated 29-08-2022 and implemented Jammu and Kashmir Integrated Social Security Scheme Rules- 2022 (JKISSSR-2022) which has some flaws and defects,” said Naik.
Some provisions of the decision are defective like it has been made mandatory for all pensioners to submit an affidavit duly attested by the First Class Judicial Magistrate.
“Most of the pensioners reside in far-flung areas far away from Munsif courts while the maximum number of specially-abled pensioners are bedridden and unable to move and appear before the first class Judicial Magistrate for the issuance of the required affidavit,” said Manzoor Naik.
Naik has appealed to the Nodal Agency to change this from Judicial Magistrate to Executive Magistrate (Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar).
Further old aged pensioners are also directed to get their old age certificates from the Medical Board of their respective District Headquarters.
“It is not possible for old aged Pensioners to visit the CMO office Rajouri for their old age certificates and this issue also needs to be addressed at the earliest,”said Naik .
Naik also demand immediate disbursement of compensation to land owners for Rajnagar to Gabbar & Kewal Morh to Tragain roads.
He demanded the construction of conference hall in Dak Bunglow at Budhal for which the work was started in the year 2010-11 but to date, only 25 % work has been completed.
“This conference hall would not only facilitate people but also officials and VIPs who occasionally visits the area but has no place to sit and to meet with department officials and with local people,” Naik said.
Manzoor Naik also apprised Vikas Kundal, DDC about the vacant post of Tehsildar at Khawas.
“Inhabitants of Tehsil Khawas are suffering miserably due to the non-availability of Tehsildar in the office and people of Khawas are forced to travel all the way from Khawas to Koteranka (more than 50 kms to & fro) even for a minor revenue document or for the attestation of affidavits,” said Manzoor.
“This is a sheer injustice to the people of this far-flung region which even don’t have proper road connectivity” he added.
The DDC, Vikas Kundal assured people that a permanent Tehsildar would be transferred to Tehsil Khawas, and for early completion of Conference Hall Budhal.