Anantnag, June 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir has become an ideal place for shrinking responsibilities. Given the dual control - LG and CM administration, bureaucrats are having a field day. Responsibilities could be tossed from here to there and vice versa.
Take the example of the Public Works Department (Roads and Buildings - R&B) in South Kashmir, which is facing a severe administrative crisis, with key positions, including that of Chief Engineer and Superintendent Engineer, lying vacant for several months. The zonal office of the Chief Engineer, located at Dak Bungalow Khanabal, Anantnag, has been without a permanent head, bringing administrative functioning to a standstill and halting progress on several ongoing and proposed development proje...