State Times: Jammu: Wednesday, May 31, 2017.
While
appreciating Prime Minister for his announcement of creating one lakh jobs for
J and K State, the newly constituted Jammu People’s Party (JPP) appealed for
creation of 50,000 jobs for Jammu region and immediate start of enrolling
unemployed youth of the region for the same.
Alleging that
Jammu region has been discriminated against Kashmir region in tourism
development, JPP sought ‘as compensation to Jammu region’ fund allocation to
the tune of Rs 10,000 crore towards infrastructural development of Jammu
tourism.
In a press
statement, jointly issued by R.K Chadha President, Vikram Gaur Vice President
and Anil Sethi General Secretary, the JPP leaders requested Prime Minister to
separate 50,000 jobs for Jammu region out of one lakh jobs announced by him for
the State and should start enrollment of unemployed youth of Jammu immediately
as the same has been started in Kashmir region.
JPP further
requested the Prime Minister to allocate a separate fund of Rs 10,000 crore for
creation of infrastructure for Jammu tourism as this sector has been
discriminated in the ratio of 90:10 per cent as compared to Kashmir. This was
noticed in a RTI that out of funds of Rs 2,200 crore spent in previous three
years, while Rs 2,100 crores were spent in Kashmir, only approximately Rs 100
crore were spent in Jammu.
“This demand
is meant to compensate the loss borne by the region because of discrimination
of tourism sector in Jammu region,” JPP leaders said.
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