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RAJOURI APRIL 01:– Contractors Association Rajouri hold Strong Protest against Government and PWD R&B Department and also Locked the offices of Suprientending Engineer and Executive Engineer PWD R&B Rajouri today due to non payment of works bills in this financial year 2023-24 closing.
In this Financial year closing Crores of rupees works bills submitted by different works departments in district Treasury office Rajouri before 29th of March as per order of DG finance J&K vide No 103 Dated 19-3-2024. The all bills online and offline were substituted by the different departments following the government order but maximum bills not been passed due to non release of Funds by govt .Due to non payment a wave of anger and resentment among the people at large..
It is pertinent to mention here that J&K government violated their own order vide No 103 Dated 19-3-2024 where clearly mentioned that last dated & time of receipt of claims on before 29th of March at 4pm But the district Treasury office Rajouri has only accepted claims on 27the of March before 2pm and others bills are rejected by the said office due to non release of funds by J&K Govt according to official sources..
After the contractors protest the immediate reaction of Mehbooba Mufti circulated in social media where she requested to LG Manoj Sinha intervention in this matter. In her status she said contractors across J&K are being denied payment despite completing projects. As it is they have to secure huge loans from banks to fulfil tender conditions. Yet despite completing work on multiple projects their payments are being withheld under one pretext or another thereby causing great distress to these families. Not to forget Eid too is just around the corner.
Meanwhile contractors community Rajouri warned the government if the payment of works bills not been release all the ongoing projects will be stopped till the payment has been release.
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