Webinar on “Water Crises” in Kalakote.

Kalakote,July 26:– Webinar on “Water Crises” in Kalakote was organized by Kalakote Congress today which was conducted by former legislator Mr. Ashok Sharma. The participants in the Webinar from Chingus, Loorkote, Kalalkass, Sarhoti, Panar, Panjah, Breavi, Kalakote and Narsinghpura participated and expressed their serious concern over the scarcity of drinking water, non functioning of filtration plants at Sair, Panar and Saroti. They also raised the issues of defunct irrigation schemes including Moghla-Chabber, Saranoo-Dangri, Kallar, Androlla-Chakli, Dalhori, Kalara, Sewa and Khabber.
The participants also disclosed that farmers have shifted from peddy crop to maize crop because of non functioning of irrigation Kuls and lift irrigation scheme putting the farmers to loss worth millions of rupees. The participants also projected the problems of frustration among youth due to non filling of the vacancies on different levels for years together and depleted conditions of the road and link roads including Siot-Kalakote road.
Among those who participated including S/Shri Suraj Singh, President SC Cell, Rattan Paul Mehta, Coordinator, Vichar Vibhag, Babu Ram, President, AJKKU, Arjun Sharma, Secretary, Pradesh Youth Congress, Girdhari Lal, President, Contractors Cell, Sukhdev Singh, Convenor, Water Action Committee, Som Raj, Secretary, Water Action Committee, Nirmal Singh and Sanjay Choudhary, Secretaries DYC, Surinder Singh, Sahil Sharma Baral and Ankit Sharma.

Next Webinar on the same topic “Water Crisis in Kalakote” will be organised on 28.07. 2020. You are requested to send your local ground situation and corrective action required by 27.07.2020 5PM on whatsapp “Water Action Committee, Kalakote” enabling us to prepare draft for approval for submission to the Hon’ble Lt Governor, with copies to the Additional Deputy Commissioner Kalakote and Deputy Commissioner Rajouri.