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| APSCC urges CM to take revolutionary steps to address unemployment issue in J-K | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 3: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has impressed upon chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to take revolutionary steps for solving the burning issue of unemployment in Jammu & Kashmir.
In an open letter to the chief minister, APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that successive governments have failed to redress the unemployment issue in the state. Raina said that if the state government applies mind then they would be able to provide employment of round about 1.50 lakh youth of the state in the private sector.
"We have not been able to channelize the energy of youth in right direction and as such they could not be provided meaningful employment. Self employment is the only option available to generate jobs for the youth in different sectors across the length and breadth of the state. If some of the suggestions are put to use then we will be able to provide bread and butter to 1, 50,000 youth in the state," said Raina.
The APSCC chairman claimed that if the suggestions are applied then the educated but unemployed youth would no longer run after the government jobs. He said that tourism and fishing are the sectors that can provide jobs to youth. He said there is an urgent need for creating cluster type tourist hutments in the areas which are yet to be tapped on the tourism front.
"In the Kashmir valley these hutments can be created at places like Naranag, Yusmarg, Doodhpathri, Aru and Tangmarg along with some other places. The scheme can be extended to Jammu division as well and places like Mantalai, Sudhmahadev and certain areas of district Bhaderwah and Rajouri can be developed on these lines," said Raina.
The APSCC chairman said that round about 150 youth can be self-employed in every cluster and there is a provision of creating 500 clusters across the length and breadth of the state. He said that this would be done without touching the environment and the ecological balance would be maintained all along the creation of cluster type tourism hutments.
"Pre-fabricated structures with all the modern facilities need to be created in the forests so that adventurous tourists are attracted to live there. Heli-tourism has of late come up as yet another facet of the tourism industry across the globe. Adventure activities like para-gliding and trekking can easily be introduced on the mountains in the state. For this it is important to create recreation facilities and sorties can be operated for the tourists who want to do para-gliding atop the hilltops," said Raina.
The APSCC chairman said that since trout fish is the symbol of the state the same needs to be given a fillip for a better future and great returns. He said water bodies can be developed as fish ponds where the trout fish would breed. He added this can be followed by the establishment of Fisheries Corporation. He said the Fisheries Corporation would get the produce from the youth and the trout fish would then be exported to the outside world thus bringing revenue to the state.
"There is an urgent need to reorganize the silk industry in the state. Modern means and techniques of silk weaving and production need to be introduced so that better results are achieved in this regard. Apple varieties like Kharoo and Ambri that have become non-existent need to be developed on scientific lines so that these get exported. At the same time there is a need to check the invasion of sprays since they have virtually destroyed the horticulture sector," said Raina.
The APSCC chairman said that employment opportunities can also be created in the power sector where groups of youth can be encouraged to start mini-hydel power projects across the state. He said that there is tremendous scope of employment in the medicinal plants sector since the same are found in abundance across the state. |
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