Sajid Raina
Bandipora, Apr 23: Panchs, Sarpanhs and BDC Chairman from Bankoot Block of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday staged a protest demonstration against the Block development officer (BDO) Bankoot for halting the developments works without any reason in their block.
Shouting slogans against BDO Bankoot and other officers, protestors assembled outside the Deputy Commissioner’s Office Bandipora and said there are several issues within the block and administration has failed to address them which inturn affects the developmental works badly in their block.
They further said that the concerned BDO and other staff are not cooperating with them, which creates a gap between public and Block Developmental Officers.
The protestors said that they were not receiving any positive response from the block officials during their visit, which is resulting in anger among them as well in local people.
The protestors accused the BDO of deliberately not releasing the payments to laborers for the works completed so far.
BDC chairman Bankoot, Bashir Ahmad while demanding intervention of higher authorities said that their work is pending just for want of a single signature of the BDO.
When contacted, Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Ali Afsar Khan said that they have not received any complaint in this regard so far. “Still, I will look into the matter personally,” he said.
