District President Bharatiya Janta Party, Jammu Baldev Singh Billawaria held a meeting with rural development and Panchayati was Raj minister Abdul Haq Khan. The minister was apprised by Billawaria about the dilapidated condition of roads in rural areas of Jammu and stated that a lot of development is urgently and essentially required in areas following under Gandhi Nagar constituency like Preet Nagar, Bablian, Bandhu Rakh, Satwari, Gadigarh, Bathindi, Chawad, Deeli and Nanak Nagar. He requested the minister for providing necessary infrastructure for building a sound Panchayati Raj system in the state by developing the underdeveloped areas. Billawaria brought into the notice of Panchyati Raj Minister several day to day problems of the people residing in rural areas of Jammu and stressed for laying strong Foundation of good Panchyati Raj System in the state by the decentralization and making quick responsive system to catre to the needs of the people. Billawaria also appealed the Minister to direct his officers not to hush up the development works in rural areas hurriedly only because the financial year is coming to close. He said that the works undertaken by the rural development department in Jammu must be of good quality.
The minister told Billawaria that he is already seized of the problems of people living in rural area and assured him that his department will do everything possible to redress the grievances of the people and all development works in rural areas will be of high quality. The Ministry also told Billawaria that the state Panchayati Raj and Rural Dev Ministry will redress problem to the entire satisfaction of the people.