SRINAGAR: Expressing surprise and dismay over the stoppage of funds for the Dal lake conservation programme, senior PDP leader and Member Parliament Tariq Hameed Karra Tuesday accused NC-Congress coalition government of striking at the very foundation of the vital institutions in Kashmir.
Having lost ground and peoples trust, NC now seems to be hell bent upon destroying everything in Kashmir, Karra said in a statement issued here today.
Karra said it was absurd that the government was now planning to generate resources for operation and maintenance for Dal conservation from Shikarawallas, houseboat owners and tourists visiting the lake and other locals who derive their livelihood from the water body.
He said if the government was not able to shoulder the responsibility of Dal conservation, it should handover the job of restoration of the lake to the United Nations under UNESCO world heritage site programme.
If this government has done anything during the past five years that is imposing back-breaking taxes on the people including massive hike in power tariff and is now planning to impose taxes on Dal dwellers for its maintenance, he said.
He said meaningful silence of the city-based NC legislators over the recurring injustices and discrimination perpetuated by their government with Srinagar and its inhabitants is the most intriguing and disturbing thing. If the so-called political representatives of this hapless city cant muster the courage to speak against the injustices being meted out with Srinagar, whom do they expect to do so?, Karra said and added that people of this emancipated City will show the NC legislators their right place next time they go begging to them for votes.
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