JAMMU, Jan 14: Thathri Development Front, district Doda has demanded creation of two districts – Thathri and Bhaderwah in the Chenab region.
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Kuldeep Kumar Rao |
In a press statement issued here today K K Rao, president of the Front urged the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, concerned MP and MoS in Prime Minister’s office, Jatinder Singh MLA, Bhadarwah, Daleep Singh Parihar, MLA, Doda-52, Mehraj Malik to create two new districts “Bhaderwah” & “Thathri” before Panchayat & Municipal elections for justice for population wise equality in J&K UT.
He said in Kashmir division there are districts with hardly two or three Tehsils while in Jammu division there are districts like district Doda having 17 Tehsils. The Government must do justice with other parts of the region. He said ignoring strong claim of public of Sub-Division Thathri, for the grant of a separate Thathri Assembly constituency, having 5 Tehsils of its own, namely, Thathri, Phagsoo, Kahara, Bhella & Chiralla, with two more adjoining Tehsils Drabshalla & Mahalla, at a distance of 4 and 14 Kms respectively, which deserves not only separate Assembly constituency, separate tourism Authority but a District status also, is a cruel repetition of De-limitation Commission of 1978 as also of 1995 because the poor public of these Tehsils of Sub-Division Thathri is wonder struck as to how such a bonafide claim can be over looked and rejected, Rao added.
He strongly criticized the proposals and creation of new Assembly constituencies of J&K as Sub-Division Thathri of district Doda situated along main National Highway-44, has totally been neglected, discriminated and even shattered to the extent that some areas of it have been attached with adjoining newly Assembly segment of Doda West and Doda, throwing to winds the main constitutional parameter of geographical continuity and communication accessibility and it appears that cruel joke perpetrated by earlier De-limitation Commission of 1978 & 1995, has not only been allowed to continue but also whole Sub-Division Thathri has been divided into so many fragments to destroy its sole identity & strong base of its main population, he said.
Rao demanded that justice be done to this vast area of district Doda.
Source: Daily Excelsior on 15 January 2025