Construction of bunkers yet to begin
22/09/2018
Despite repeated directions from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, construction of individual and community bunkers for the people living along International Border and Line of Control with Pakistan has yet not begun in five border districts of Jammu and Kashmir and work on only 100 bunkers has been taken up in rest of the three districts till date. Moreover, the Government has failed to appoint new State level Nodal Officer, who is supposed to ensure increased focus on implementation of various welfare programmes aimed at the welfare of the border residents and monitor construction of bunkers in eight border districts of the State. Ever since the sanctioning of 13029 individual and 1431 community type bunkers for eight border districts of the State at the cost of Rs 415 crore, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs is laying stress on pacing up of construction work so that safety and security of the border residents is ensured as early as possible.
During the past several months the Department of J&K Affairs in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has even dashed numerous letters to the Home Department of the State asking for expediting the work and ensuring close monitoring of the construction activities by constituting committees of the officers at different level. Though in response to the communications of the Union Ministry the State Government has constituted committees at different level yet work has started only in the districts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua while as construction work has yet not been allotted in Rajouri, Poonch, Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara districts, sources informed.
As per the official figures, as against 1200 individual and 120 community bunkers in Jammu, 2477 individual and 8 community bunkers in Samba and 1956 individual and 170 community bunkers in Kathua the work is in progress on only 100 bunkers although allotment of 90% work has already been done by the Roads and Buildings Department by following the laid down procedure. Moreover, the Government has failed to appoint new State level Nodal Officer to ensure increased focus not only on construction of bunkers but also on implementation of various welfare schemes with regard to the border residents. Due to inordinate delay in start of work on bunkers particularly in Rajouri and Poonch districts resentment is brewing among the inhabitants of the border people. The Government should have started the work either through Roads and Buildings Department or Rural Development Department instead of waiting for proper response to the e-tenders.
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