MP, MLAs call on Minister Javed Rana; raise public issues

SRINAGAR : Member of Parliament (MP), Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan, MLA Banihal Sajad Shaheen, MLA Chadoora, Ali Mohammad Dar, on Thursday called on Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana, in separate meetings and discussed various issues of public importance.
They apprised the Minister of several public welfare, developmental and infrastructure related issues requiring the intervention of the Minister.
During his meeting, the MP held detailed discussion on a range of issues of public importance, with particular focus on development priorities, governance-related matters and concerns affecting the people. The exchange also covered ongoing initiatives and measures aimed at addressing the key challenges and improving public service delivery across the region.
The MP apprised the Minister of several public welfare and developmental concerns requiring attention and sought timely intervention for their resolution.
Javed Rana gave a patient hearing to the issues raised and assured the MP that all genuine concerns would be examined for redress on priority.
MLA Chadoora, Ali Mohammad Dar, apprised the Minister of several issues of public importance pertaining to his constituency, with special emphasis on urgent restoration of the irrigation canal at Madbal, Chadoora, which was damaged during last year’s floods.
The MLA informed the Minister that the canal serves as a vital source of irrigation for agricultural lands in several villages, including Doyan, Durbugh, Yarikalan, Checkpora, Buchroo and Wathoora. He expressed concern over the hardships being faced by the farmers and sought immediate intervention for restoration and rehabilitation of the canal to ensure timely water availability during the ongoing agricultural season.
Besides the irrigation issue, the MLA also raised several other matters concerning the public welfare, development and civic amenities in different parts of the constituency and requested for their early resolution.
MLA Banihal, Sajad Shaheen also raised constituency specific issues and requested the personal intervention of the Minister to address the bottlenecks in order to ensure smooth implementation of welfare schemes and measures in his constituency.
The Minister assured that all the genuine issues projected during the meeting would be taken up expeditiously for speedy redress.
The Ministers assured the MP and MLAs that the concerns projected by them would receive due attention and appropriate action.