People's announcement...will vote in large numbers
Una, 21 May- The efforts of the district administration to end the anger prevailing among the residents of Ward 5 of Jalgran Tabba in Una district over the pending demand of railway over bridge and motivating them to actively participate in voting have borne fruit. On the initiative of the administration, the people there ended their protest to boycott the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday and announced to participate enthusiastically in the voting.
On the instructions of District Election Officer, Deputy Commissioner Una Jatin Lal, on behalf of the administration, SDM Una Vishwa Mohan Dev Chauhan along with the team of officials of the concerned departments visited Ward 5 of Gram Panchayat Jalgran Tabba on Tuesday. He visited the spot and listened to the problems of the local people and assured them about solutions. During this period, senior engineers of Railways and executive engineers of Public Works Department remained with him.
The SDM instructed the senior engineer of the Railways to prepare the estimate for the over bridge. He informed the people that the work of approach road has already been awarded by the Public Works Department. The SDM instructed the Panchayat Secretary to ensure that NOC is obtained for those whose land is located near the railway over bridge.
Confidence built by positive steps of administration
At the same time, Yashpal, a resident of Jalgran Tabba Ward 5, said that he was facing a lot of problems due to the absence of a railway over bridge. Due to the problem of the over bridge, the villagers had decided to boycott the Lok Sabha elections by sitting on a protest. But the positive steps taken by the administration have built their confidence and increased their hope. He clarified that now all the people here have taken a unanimous decision to participate in the great festival of democracy.
Yashpal told that the local people had been demanding an over bridge for a long time, due to its non-completion they were facing many problems. In the absence of an over bridge, people had to travel an additional distance of about 12 kilometers from the district headquarters. He told that children have to pass through railway tracks to go to school, patients to go to hospital, go to Panchayat house and other works, due to which there is a fear of any untoward incident happening all the time.
Yashpal said that the protest was ended after the administration listened to the problems of the local people and reassured them. He said that to strengthen democracy, local people will participate enthusiastically in the Lok Sabha elections so that the voice of democracy can be raised. All the local villagers were present on this occasion.
At the same time, SDM Vishwa Mohan Dev Chauhan welcomed the decision of people to participate in voting and said that every vote is valuable in strengthening democracy. The concerned departments have been asked to time bound the work of the over bridge. The residents of Jalgran Tabba are confident about this and are excited about participating in the great festival of democracy.