Curtains have been withdrawn, as on last
month, the urban development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu announced names of those
lucky Ninety eight urban centers and cities that have been listed by the state
governments for smart city scheme, neglecting Jammu and Kashmir completely.
JNKPPP leader in his annoying speech said that ,’it is true failure of ruling party that we have not got
even one town in as smart city scheme, The citizens of various cities have
started dreaming about future outlooks of their cities and facilities they will
enjoy after the development, smart governance, smart energy, smart building,
smart mobility, smart infrastructure, and smart technology by having smart city
status but we will lack the connectivity completely because of internal fights taking place in
Jammu And Kashmir.’
Jammu deserves to be nominated. Tax
collection during last two financial years2011-2012, 2012-2013 in Jammu was
Rs9624.63 crore through state excise and commercial tax departments of which
Rs7117.61 crore were realized from Jammu division while Rs2507.01 crore
realized in Kashmir division. Tax collection from GST, VAT and entry taxes to
Jammu and Kashmir is Rs6251.98 crores.Rs31 crore was realized from Lakhanpur
toll plaza imposing penalties on tax evaders for violating provisions of Jammu
and Kashmir VAT,GST etc.The revenue collection from power and water resources
sector indicates that Jammu pays 25 to 30% more tan Srinagar .
Jammu and Kashmir with a population of 1.30
crore is directly linked to many states and almost every visitor first drops
here and then proceeds to another destinations. About two crore people visit Jammu
for having pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi temple at Katra So, it is desirable for any visitor to
first land in smart city because first intuition of the state caries a
significant impact. Jammu climatically is open to all activities throughout the
year. People like to watch smart Jammu having beautiful spots
Jammu is the ideal place to put up multi
story buildings, flyovers, broad roads to provide smart infrastructure and has
a lot of scope of developmental activities. Developing smart Jammu will not
only boost tourism industry but also educational, industrial and business actives
because the industrialists both at national and international level will take
interest to make investments.
Good communication skills are passport to
job market. Imparting quality education with focus on overall personality
development in child must be result oriented and relevant to the present
scenario. It is the time that we have to indulge in our children their creative
abilities so that in future they don’t move to different states but stick to
its motherland to make Jammu a better and prominent smart city.
It takes a lot of time to develop a
small city. it is correct time for Jammu to improve its scenario in education
and health facilities. Moreover, I labor my point that it will give decent life
to jammuites with the smart city status, it will definitely quench the genuine
desire of Jammu and I am sure that this will help in narrowing the gap between
the two religions and also the mental attitude of the layman.
