Ganderbal, Sep 19 : Manoj Sinha, the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, stated on Tuesday that a “major recruitment drive” will be conducted within the next six months to fill all open positions in the various government ministries. Speaking to a crowd in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after officially opening and laying the cornerstones for a number of development projects, the LG noted that the UT administration had launched a recruitment drive the previous year, and hundreds of young people had been hired using a fair process. The speaker added, “Let me announce here that all the vacant posts in various government departments will be filled within the next six months through a proper recruitment drive,” adding that “poor man’s child also has a right to become an officer.”The LG said that a vegetable vendor’s daughter just joined the KAS. “She told me when we first spoke that she never saw herself as an officer. I reassured her that children of poor people had the same rights as children of rich people, he said. The LG attacked regional parties, claiming that “some party’s looted the State exchequer, built enormous villas in foreign countries, and left the common of J&K suffer.” The LG claimed that these people “can’t handle peace” and that they keep hatching plans to incite and mislead people under various pretexts.He claimed that inhabitants of the Ganderbal district received 2800 Awas through the Prime Minister Awas Yojna Scheme. “Let me be clear: No non-J&K resident in the Ganderbal district has received an Awas. However, the LG claimed that some people are plotting to hinder the move because they find it insulting to witness a poor man build their homes. According to the LG, the days of establishments like schools collapsing at the direction of Pakistan or “its stooges here” were long gone. J&K is progressing towards prosperity and peace. He asserted that people are satisfied and enjoying nightlife.He said that 1.88 billion visitors visited J&K in 2017. Who gained from that? a local cart vendor, hotelier, Riskhaw wall, shikara walla, and taxi driver are among examples. 1.52 million tourists visited J&K this year until August, and that number is expected to reach 2.25 million, according to the LG, who also added that some people find it difficult to comprehend the large number of visitors to J&K and create claims in an effort to mislead others. According to the LG, Ganderbal is headed for rapid development. “I am happy that Ganderbal is soon going to establish itself as a major tourism destination. A staggering 3.5 lakh tourists arrived in Sonmarg, he claimed.The unpleasant aspect was that the projects whose foundation stone was placed in 2011 were being inaugurated today after a significant wait of 12 years, according to the LG, who claimed to have launched a number of projects in the area. “Previous leaders here established a pattern of starting initiatives but never finishing them. The current administration completed 33 of the 75 projects in Ganderbal that were on the list of unfinished business, and the remaining 45 will be finished soon, he said.
