Srinagar: The newly created Administrative Units (AUs) by previous National Conference-Congress government are grappling with lack of facilities and are functioning from rented buildings while niabats at many places have no required staff.
I am a first class magistrate and it is a shame for the government that the niabat I am heading not only lacks facilities but we dont have even a peon here, a Tehsildar told CNS adding that newly AUs were created for political benefits and now these have become a continuous source of nauisance for the officers who manage them.
The Tehsildar who is heading one of the niabats in Srinagar city said that from past three months he has been requesting District administration to depute a peon but all his pleas and requests have gone to deaf ears. What was the need for creating such units when you were not in a position to provide infrastructure and staff for such units, he said.
Another Tehsildar said that he along with his employees arranged mating and chairs for the office themselves. Believe it or not but its true. I procured 10 chairs for my office from my own house, he said.
Reports said that almost all the newly created AUs are in shambles and are being operated from rented dilapidated buildings.
Our new niabat office doesnt seen an office in any way. There is lack of infrastructure and staff. Visitors have to make queue in a narrow corridor, said a visitor outside Tehsil office Channapora.
At some of places, Niabats are being run with the Naib Tehsildars, who have been given the additional charge and all these officials rue their fate for getting appointed in these niabats. Earlier there used to be four peons at my disposal, now I have none. Government has even not provided a vehicle to me and the fact is that I have manage everything myself, said a Tehsildar.
Pertinently, in 2013 then government ordered creation of 659 new administrative units including 46 new Sub Divisions, 135 Tehsils, 177 blocks and 301 Niabats.
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