Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 3: Evacuee Property Tenants Welfare Society (EPTWS) has criticized the government for backing out of their promise of abolishing custodian department and giving ownership right to the tenants of the EP houses.
As per press release, Jyoti Vaid, while addressing meeting said that during the assembly election 2014, all the parties had assured that when they will come in power the department of custodian will be abolished and providing ownership right to the tenants of the EP houses. "But one year has passed, none from the government has raised the point in the assembly session held in Kashmir and Jammu," they alleged.
General Secretary Mohammad Shariff said that the society had expressed the hope that the present government will extend full support in mitigating the problems of the tenants but it seems that it has done nothing like the previous government. The gullible tenants are unnecessary being harassed by charging huge premium for construction/renovation and repairing from the tenants. The department has not framed any policy for agreement enhancement of rent and grant of permission to those intent to upgrade their houses, they said.
Those who were present included Suraj Prakash Sharma, Chowdhary Tej Ram, Ramesh Soodan, Jamshed, Sardarni Parvinder Kour, Bindu Sharma, Sunny Chibber, Amit Luthra, Rajesh Kalra, Sureshtha Devi, Kanta Devi. |
