JAMMU, Apr 15: All Jammu and Kashmir Transporters Welfare Association today extended gratitude to the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for conceding to their long pending demands, saying the course correction in streamlining the procedures has injected new life to the transport industry.
” There could not be a better Baisakhi gift by the Lt Governor than solving our issues”, Chairman of the Association Ajit Singh said and appreciated the role played by Devender Singh Rana, for effectively representing their cause at the highest level.
The Chairman assured the full support of his association to the Jammu & Kashmir Administration. He also commended the role played by the BJP in this regard.
Amid drum beats at the residence of the senior BJP leader Rana, the transporters said that appreciating the sensitivities of the people and meeting their aspirations are signs of good governance that strengthens participatory democracy.
Speaking on the occasion, Rana lauded the single-minded approach of the Lt Governor while taking cognizance of the issues of immense public importance whenever brought to his notice. He expressed his personal gratitude to Manoj Sinha for favourably considering his pleas with regard to the issues pertaining to the transporters and shelving the proposal of the Jammu Power Development Corporation on hike in the tariff, which had caused distress among all segments of the power consumers.
He referred to the commitment of the BJP in resolving the problems of the people through its various wings and acknowledged the pro-active role of the Conveners and Co-conveners of the party’s Trade, Transport and Industry Cells in reaching out to the stakeholders, identifying their problems and seeking their redressal at appropriate forums.
Meanwhile, a deputation of the Numberdars and border dwellers of Ramgarh in Samba district today called on senior BJP leader Devender Rana and raised the various issues of public importance.
The deputation led by Balbir Singh sought redressal of the grievances of Numberdars dismissed by the respective District Magistrates, extension of the amnesty granted to domestic power consumers in 2022 to the pump sets for irrigation purposes and marginal shopkeepers, construction of residential dwellings on Abadi Deh in the peripheries of the bunkers raised in the wake of intermittent ceasefire violations during the recent years.
Rana assured that their issues will be taken up at appropriate forums for earnest redressal measures.
The delegation included Darshan Singh, Multan Singh, Charan Dass, Babu Ram, Krishan Lal, Bhagwan Dass, Asha Ram, Ram Lal, Ramesh Kumar and others.
