Abid Gowhar
Srinagar/Dec.2003
OH…those promises and sweat perceptions still hanging, which were made by the Mufti, lead coalition government in Nov.2002. Crossing all seasons of the year and still there is no sigh of relief for a common man in the State. It looks like that the healing touch policy is much lengthy or too slow to beat the impatience of the dejected class. No doubt, Muti is trying to act differently and he may be putting pressures on various departments to act and react quickly but it seems that he like his ancestor had forgotten the priorities to win the confidence of a common man.
It really was a big fortune for PDP and Congress that they were able to beat deep and strong rooted NC in the State. The advantage they took was that people wanted the change in virtuality and it was hatred towards Farooq regime not any love for PDP or Congress the people voted for. The healing touch was a soft slogan in the beginning to make people attentive of, but when it had to be practical the answer from the Sayeed came that “ meray pass koi allh din ka chirag nahin” I have no Allah-Din’s candle to give everything the people may ask for.
As stated by the Planning Commission in their State Development Report recently, there is lack of good governance and fiscal mismanagement, which is responsible of all distortion in the state. The report had identified that besides militancy, low productivity in agriculture, poor industrial infrastructure and poor investment, the lack of suitable strategy and good governance coupled with fiscal mismanagement are the major factors responsible for the poor economic growth of the State. This is quite unfortunate that Mufti lead coalition government is never realizing these factors to win the confedence of a common man and in contast the same old strategy of adhocism is being adopted. The common minimum Programme about which the present government was shouting in its beginning, to provide clean, healthy, efficient, transparent, accountable and responsive government seems shattering in the world of dreams. It all seems like fantasies as the people of the State are suffering right from the word go and the problems have increased manifold.
Surcharge on electricity was the first touch Mr. Muti gave to the people and made confusing statements in its clarification. The government claims that it had detected more than one Lac illegal connections but the fact lies that it increased the number of illegal customers by sending those line-men and inspectors for their identification who are habitual of taking money in their folded palms. It is not any bribe but a cup of tea of those employees. Yes the power cuts were reduced by alarming shift staff for punctuality but the voltage is as low as never before particularly in rural areas. What a fun to abolish the state Electricity Board. The drinking water crises are there in the rural areas. An example of village Nowgam in tehsil Sumbal(district Baramulla ) where the women are fetching drinking water from three kilometer distance. Village having a population of around Ten thousand is just five kilometer away from tehsil headquarter Sumbal and is facing this major problem for years together now. The question remains there that what is the domocile of those 69 water supply schemes the government is claiming that it had augmented.
The people living below the poverty line in the state are crying for the shortage of essential commodities like rice, kerosine oil, sugar and flour in the food & supplies depots but their pleas are falling flat on the deaf ears. Corruption has never been crumbled as promised in big words by Mufti a year before and it has its presence at every corner. Privatization has added to the efficiency as proven outside the valley but in J & K State this has worked other way around.
Every mean of transport in the state is in a mess and the more alarming factor is that nobody is attentive or careful about the same. The public transport plying on the roads in the state has become so laborious and hectic that it tires a man more than it should have by travelling the destination by foot. The private operators in the state have forgotten the sense of humanity and responsibility and nobody seems answerable. Reduction of fair has not helped the people and instead it has added to the woes of commuters. Fact is that the tranport department is inactive as far as its professional capability is concerned. Improper training to these police personals is making already- involved system more rubbish.
Handicraft industry in the State has its image by not taking any note of the artisans who have been in complete dilema for last thirteen years. A paper machie artisan is claiming that he is being tortured by big dealers by saying that his craft have no market to sell hence giving ten rupees to an item on which eight is expended. I was earning two-hundered decade ago but today it is only fifty rupess per day income for me to make the both ends meet in sorry gesture. We were expecting from present government to make the culprits accountable, but it proved as the same story, says a Paper Machie artisan in gloom. It all seems that Mufti government is too far from a common man, giving big statements and making useless claims as everything starts from the heart of common man who has no good perceptions about the present government.
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Srinagar/Dec.2003
OH…those promises and sweat perceptions still hanging, which were made by the Mufti, lead coalition government in Nov.2002. Crossing all seasons of the year and still there is no sigh of relief for a common man in the State. It looks like that the healing touch policy is much lengthy or too slow to beat the impatience of the dejected class. No doubt, Muti is trying to act differently and he may be putting pressures on various departments to act and react quickly but it seems that he like his ancestor had forgotten the priorities to win the confidence of a common man.
It really was a big fortune for PDP and Congress that they were able to beat deep and strong rooted NC in the State. The advantage they took was that people wanted the change in virtuality and it was hatred towards Farooq regime not any love for PDP or Congress the people voted for. The healing touch was a soft slogan in the beginning to make people attentive of, but when it had to be practical the answer from the Sayeed came that “ meray pass koi allh din ka chirag nahin” I have no Allah-Din’s candle to give everything the people may ask for.
As stated by the Planning Commission in their State Development Report recently, there is lack of good governance and fiscal mismanagement, which is responsible of all distortion in the state. The report had identified that besides militancy, low productivity in agriculture, poor industrial infrastructure and poor investment, the lack of suitable strategy and good governance coupled with fiscal mismanagement are the major factors responsible for the poor economic growth of the State. This is quite unfortunate that Mufti lead coalition government is never realizing these factors to win the confedence of a common man and in contast the same old strategy of adhocism is being adopted. The common minimum Programme about which the present government was shouting in its beginning, to provide clean, healthy, efficient, transparent, accountable and responsive government seems shattering in the world of dreams. It all seems like fantasies as the people of the State are suffering right from the word go and the problems have increased manifold.
Surcharge on electricity was the first touch Mr. Muti gave to the people and made confusing statements in its clarification. The government claims that it had detected more than one Lac illegal connections but the fact lies that it increased the number of illegal customers by sending those line-men and inspectors for their identification who are habitual of taking money in their folded palms. It is not any bribe but a cup of tea of those employees. Yes the power cuts were reduced by alarming shift staff for punctuality but the voltage is as low as never before particularly in rural areas. What a fun to abolish the state Electricity Board. The drinking water crises are there in the rural areas. An example of village Nowgam in tehsil Sumbal(district Baramulla ) where the women are fetching drinking water from three kilometer distance. Village having a population of around Ten thousand is just five kilometer away from tehsil headquarter Sumbal and is facing this major problem for years together now. The question remains there that what is the domocile of those 69 water supply schemes the government is claiming that it had augmented.
The people living below the poverty line in the state are crying for the shortage of essential commodities like rice, kerosine oil, sugar and flour in the food & supplies depots but their pleas are falling flat on the deaf ears. Corruption has never been crumbled as promised in big words by Mufti a year before and it has its presence at every corner. Privatization has added to the efficiency as proven outside the valley but in J & K State this has worked other way around.
Every mean of transport in the state is in a mess and the more alarming factor is that nobody is attentive or careful about the same. The public transport plying on the roads in the state has become so laborious and hectic that it tires a man more than it should have by travelling the destination by foot. The private operators in the state have forgotten the sense of humanity and responsibility and nobody seems answerable. Reduction of fair has not helped the people and instead it has added to the woes of commuters. Fact is that the tranport department is inactive as far as its professional capability is concerned. Improper training to these police personals is making already- involved system more rubbish.
Handicraft industry in the State has its image by not taking any note of the artisans who have been in complete dilema for last thirteen years. A paper machie artisan is claiming that he is being tortured by big dealers by saying that his craft have no market to sell hence giving ten rupees to an item on which eight is expended. I was earning two-hundered decade ago but today it is only fifty rupess per day income for me to make the both ends meet in sorry gesture. We were expecting from present government to make the culprits accountable, but it proved as the same story, says a Paper Machie artisan in gloom. It all seems that Mufti government is too far from a common man, giving big statements and making useless claims as everything starts from the heart of common man who has no good perceptions about the present government.
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