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| Raises concern over amendment in Darbar Move order, restoration of MMHC | | DSS President calls on CS | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 4: President, Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) J&K, Thakur Gulchain Singh Charak called upon the Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta, to highlight various issues of public importance. This was disclosed by Charak in a press conference held at Dogra Sadar Sabha Bhawan here today.
Elaborating upon the issues discussed, he said that these included concerns regarding the recent amendment orders regarding Darbar Move which apparently amounted to a roll back of its earlier orders by the UT Government, doing away with the fifteen decades old and obsolete practice of biannual Darbar Move that was ended after years of deliberations and wide condemnation. Charak welcomed the assurance given by the Chief Secretary that the practice of Durbar Move was not being restored, but only about 30 percent of the officers and their staff, who were essentially required to assist the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief Secretary to facilitate smooth working of the secretariat at Jammu, had been asked to come to Jammu.
Charak impressed upon the Chief Secretary to find out a way out to completely abolish this practice as it was not in public interest.
Charak also brought to the notice of the Chief Secretary, the slow pace of restoration work of Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex (MMHC) despite assurances that the work would be completed as per the approved comprehensive restoration plan in time for the celebrations of 75 years of India’s Independence. He also stressed to formally rescind the illegal and unethical move to establish hotel within the protected Heritage Complex. The Chief Secretary was urged to personally look into the matter with all the required seriousness.
The Chief Secretary was appraised that the archives are an intrinsic part of Dogra heritage and have been the soul of the complex for centuries and any move to shift the Archives from the Mubarak Mandi Complex will be suicidal as are also the need of scholars of history and culture, as well as cultural tourists, from across the world.
Charak conveyed grave concern over the press reports that the already inadequate staff in Directorate of Archives, Archeology and Museums, J&K was being further reduced by transferring a large portion of the posts in the department to the Union Territory of Ladakh without any real need to do so.
A strong appeal was made by Charak to the Chief Secretary to resolve all the projected issues soon, taking into account the sentiments of the people as well as logic. Charak warned that delay in resolution of the issues will neither be in the interest of the people nor the culture and heritage for which we are struggling to protect and preserve.
Col Karan Singh Jamwal, Prem Sagar Gupta, Brig MS Jamwal, Gambhir Dev Singh Charak, Amanat Ali Shah, Kulbir Singh and Chander Mohan Sharma were also present during the press conference. |
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