CM Omar promises home-cum-office in home constituency

Ganderbal, Nov 8: To be available for the people of his home constituency, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday promised to build a home in Ganderbal while pledging to resolve long-standing issues of the area and restart development in Ganderbal.

Omar, who is Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Ganderbal, said that to bridge the gap between him and his people he would make a home-cum-office in Ganderbal to be available for the people to listen, interact, and resolve their issues.

“My home in Ganderbal will also work as my office and my advisor and political advisor will make sure to be available once in a week here while I will make sure I am here once in a week as well,” he said.

The CM said that the residents of Ganderbal faced hardships including unemployment besides needed electricity, drinking water, and other basic necessities.

In 2008 too, he had made a similar promise to construct a home in Ganderbal but it didn’t happen later.

However, this time the CM is showing seriousness and people too are hopeful that they would get easy access to their representative.

Omar made his first public speech in the district after assuming office of the Chief Minister while laying foundation stone for a vital Paribal-Tankanwari bridge in Shallabugh area of Ganderbal on Thursday.

“I express my gratitude to the people of Ganderbal for choosing me and I reiterate that I will not let my people down and will work for the development of Ganderbal and resolve long standing issues of my constituency,” he said after laying a foundation stone for the vital bridge in Shallabugh area here which would connect the area with Srinagar and provide relief to the people.

“I should have come here before but I didn’t want to come empty handed and today this is a small gift for the people here, adding that I also had decided that my first speech and foundation for any project should be in my constituency Ganderbal,” the CM said.