Meeting of Jammu Kashmir Sarpanches & Panches Democratic Forum (JKS&PDF) held at Budhal

SAJJAD IQBAL (GNS)

KOTRANKA : An emergency meeting of Jammu Kashmir Sarpanches & Panches Democratic Forum (JKS&PDF) has been held at Budhal under the Chairmanship of farooq Inqlabi who is chairman of the forum the meeting all the eleven Sarpanches and 92 Panches of block Rajnagar Budhal attended the meeting and discussed the burning issues Budhal block.

In the meeting speakers raised issue of acquisition of land for BDO office and said that ever since the Rajnagar Budhal haveing made a block no process for acquisition of land for construction of BDO office has been initiated so far which needs to ne started at the earliest. At present its functioning in a Panchayat Ghar.

While speaking Farooq Inqlabi said that Post of BDO has been lying vacant for the last two months and there is no staff members in the BDO office even the sanctioned posts of S.O , AAO,AEE are vacant. Scarcity of staff is the main reason of its being defunct. Stress was laid on the fact that BDO office should be make functional. So that the plans made by the panchayats could be executed in letter and spirit. The post of BDO needs to be filled up as soon as possible so that the people in general may not suffer any more.

Shabir Aflatoon General Secrerary of the forum said that Non availability of computers and other requisite material for the smooth functioning of the BDO office is main problem. It may also include the requisite furniture items in the office and stressed upon the administration for immediate provisions of computer furniture and other misc articles to the BDO office.

Shabir Badyal , Arshad Mir, Shamim Akhter while speaking said that Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) for the financial year 2019-20, was formulated by the Gram Sabhas in whole the block and the same was submitted to the ACD through BDO but it was returned for rectification after a lapse of four months with an intention to cause unnecessary delay. The plan was accordingly rectified and resubmitted in the last month itself but has not been finalised so far. It is very regretful on the part of the authorities. The same needs to be finalised and approved at the earliest. During the Gram Sabha meeting it was mandatory on the part of all the 21 departments mentioned in the P.R.I Act amended upto 2018 to participate in the meeting and co-ordinate with the panchayats but none of them bothered to act.

In the meeting all the sarpanches and panches of the panchayats of block rajnagar budhal raised the problem of non availability of adequate supply of water, electricity and ration etc particularly during the month of Ramadan. It has been observed that adequate ration supply has not been provided to the general public. It has also been stressed in teh meetng that extra quota of rice, wheat and flour may be supplied for the convince of the public in general.Finally it has been resolved in the emergency meeting that the issues raised from 1 to 5 above shall be taken up with the DDC Rajouri for the immediate redressal thereof so that the public in general may not suffer any more. And a memorandum was handed over to Naib Tehsildar Budhal with detailed grievances.
Others who spoke in the meeting are Sarpanch Khalil Ahmed, Sarpanch Layaqat Ali, Sarpanch Gafoor Bhat, Sarpanch Gulshan Begum, Panch Sher Mohd, Naib Sarpanch Manzoor Malik.