Kichloo wants budget session preponed

Jammu: Like other legislators representing rural constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo MLA Kishtwar also wants the House calendar advanced by at least a month to monitor works on ground during, what they say, “peak season”.
As a matter of precedence, with some exceptions, the budget session of legislatures –both parliament and state assemblies –is convened in the month of February and ends in April. This is time, feel many legislators including Kichloo, they need to be in their constituencies to monitor development works on ground as allocated funds lapse by March 31, the close of fiscal year.
In hilly areas of Jammu province, most of Kashmir and almost entire Ladakh, infrastructure development works come to a near halt in the months of November, December and January owing to adverse climatic conditions. It is only by the middle of February that administrative machinery gears up to meet the targets and this is the time MLAs want to be there to see what is happening on ground.
“We go easy with executing agencies during winter months as there are very little possibilities of works done during winters,” says MLA Kishtwar, Sajjad Kichloo. However, he laments, “When time comes for pulling them (officials) up, we are held up in Jammu for two months.”
“After session ends and we reach back to our constituencies around middle of April, the financial year is already lapsed and fresh allocations are nowhere in sight…peak working season goes futile”, says Kichloo.