JAMMU, Oct 10: Apni Party Provincial President Jammu and Former Minister S. Manjit Singh today demanded restoration of old age pension/widow/disabled pension and enhancement of the pension amount in favour of the pensioners.
Addressing a party meeting here at Apni Party office in Gandhi Nagar Office, the Former Minister said that the pension has been stopped by the authorities and formalities have been increased for the pensioners putting them to face hardship. The meeting was organised by Neelam Gupta, women wing worker.
"The old age, disabled and widow pension should be restored with minimum formalities to help the pensioners under the Govt schemes, " he said. He said that the authorities should minimise the formalities and restore the stopped pension in favour of the pensioners. He also demanded enhancement of the pension amount. "If we form the next Govt, we are committed to enhancing the widow/oldage/disabled pension, " he reminded. He also raised the issue of unscheduled power cuts and irregular drinking water supply in Jammu plains even after the installation of the smart meters. He demanded that the drinking water should be supplied on a regular basis and electricity should be provided round the clock.
“The electricity consumers are regularly paying the excessive electricity bills, but they do not get adequate supply in comparison to the charges they pay to the JPDCL,” he added. He said that the power consumers should not be harassed and the JPDCL should be held accountable for its inability in providing electricity 24/7 to the people even after charging them extensively.
He said that “The JPDCL has failed to buy adequate power to be supplied to the consumers in Jammu. It appears the JPDCL has misled the Lt Governor regarding the ground situation that has caused uneasiness among the people.”
He again demanded that the electricity as well as drinking water should be supplied adequately. The meeting was attended by SC Wing State President Bodh Raj Bhagat, Provincial President Jammu, Youth Wing, Vipul Bali, Provincial President Legal Cell, Jammu, Vikram Rathore, Provincial President Women Wing, Pavneet Kour, District President Jammu Women Wing, Ritu Pandita, Provincial Secretary, Women Wing, Shikha Bardawaj, Provincial Secretary Women Wing, Sheetal Rajput, Sweeta Kumari, Provincial General Secretary Transport Union, Davinder Singh Gill, and others.
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