J&K Govt Employees Salaries Stopped for Not Having Toilets at Home
J&K Govt Employees Salaries Stopped for Not Having Toilets at Home Salaries of around 6oo government employees in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir were stopped for not constructing toilets at their houses, an official said on Saturday. Angrez Singh Rana, district development commissioner, Kishtwar passed the order on Friday. The order was passed on receipt of a report submitted by Anil Kumar Chandail, assistant commissioner development, regarding non-availability of toilets in the houses of 616 state employees of Padder block, he said. Leh and Kargil districts in Ladakh, Shopian in south Kashmir and Srinagar have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), while Anantnag and Pulwama, also in south Kashmir, are likely to achieve the ODF status by the end of April. After receiving Chandail's report, the Kishtwar district development commissioner took serious note of the matter. “It is shameful and depicts the government in a bad picture...being a government employee, our behaviour and way of living should serve as an example in the society for others to follow," the official said. Talking about the ODF targets of various regions of the state, he said “98.64 per cent target has been achieved in Pulwama district, 98.43 per cent in Anantnag, 91.92 per cent (Kupwara), 84.53 per cent (Rajouri) and 72.95 per cent in Kulgam.” -PTC News
