KATHUA: MLA Kathua, Rajiv Jasrotia today inaugurated the construction of a lane-drain in Ward 13 of Kathua constituency at an estimated cost of 1.5 lacs from his CDF. On this occasion City Mandal Pardhan Vidya Sagar, BJP Distt President Prem Nath Dogra and all people of Ward 13 were present. The lane-drain works inaugurated will eventually benefit about 200 souls of the area and this will also ensure proper drainage facilities to the people of area.While addressing the gathering on the occasion, MLA assured the people of accomplishing every possible developmental initiative which could help in making their lives comfortable and worth living and reiterated his pledge to ensure quality work. He said that the developmental works will gain momentum and the works which were not conducted in the last 10 years will be done in his tenure.
The people projected various other developmental demands which were mainly related to construction of link roads, adequate health care facilities, water/power supply, sanitation, old age/widow pension, construction of community hall etc.While responding to the demands of the people, Jasrotia assured them that their demands would be met soon. He said that he is broadly focusing on the development programs for developing the Kathua Constituency as a model constituency and uplifting the living standards of the people.
He asked the concerned officers to work collectively to ensure effective implementation of the programs being run by the government.MLA while speaking on the occasion said that there is a perceptible change on the ground in so far as the developmental activities are concerned. He said that it is my dream to see Kathua emerging as one of the smartest towns in the state.MLA also held a Janta Durbar. The problems of the local residents were listened to patiently by the MLA on a one to one basis and on the spot resolution were done for most of them. Many people including ladies and children participated in the Janta durbar and interacted freely with MLA. In the coming days many such durbars would be held at various localities so as to reach at the grass root levels to solve the problems of the people.
Jasrotia said that he would ensure the equitable development of all the areas irrespective of the caste, creed or religion in the spirit of Sab Ka Saath Sab Ka Vikaas. Residents of the Ward 13 present on the occasion thanked the MLA Jasrotia for taking keen interest in the development of the area. They were high praise for the developmental agenda of MLA and promised him full cooperation in all the programmes of BJP. MLA gave on the spot instructions to the officials present on the occasion to complete the work of the up gradation of the lanes and drains of the area in a time bound manner. Instructions were issued to the concerned authorities to take due care while implementing the works so that no inconvenience is caused to the general public in the area.