Seek creation of posts in floriculture Dept Dark Future
Mubashir Aalam Wani
Srinagar: The candidates who have pursued their skilled courses in Gardening and maintenance of parks from Sheri Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology (SKUAST)-K are apprehensive of a dark future ahead.
According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the candidates said a batch of 84 youth was trained by SKUAST-K through proper selection for one year diploma in “landscape gardening and park maintenance” in year 2017-2018.
“Unfortunately, all these skilled and trained youth are wandering jobless,” they said. The SKUAST-K pass outs said the youth opted for the course with a ray of hope that floriculture department will adjust such trained youth for the development of floriculture department on modern lines.
“But unfortunately the floriculture department denies to adjust such trained youth in the department and instead of that untrained youth get adjusted,” a group of SKUAST-K pass outs said who have done their diploma in Gardening and maintenance of parks.
They said in 2012, a batch of 55 students pursued one year diploma in Basic Horticulture Training (BHT) after which horticulture department created vacancies for these trained youth just after completion of course as technician 4th and even adjusted them for the best benefit of the department.
“We on behalf of all floriculture trainees request the governor administration to create posts for these trainee’s in the department of floriculture and other departments in the same way as was done for the BHT trainees by the department of horticulture,” the candidates said.
They said there is no scope in private sector for such trainees and neither private land is available with the trainees to develop their own businesses. “Such trained and skilled youth can use their skill through some department for the development of Srinagar as a smart city as well,” the candidates told KNO.
The candidates urged the Lt Governor for his personal intervention so that posts of technician or field assistant in floriculture department (universities-landscape division) for the said trained youth.
“It will provide employment opportunities for all trained youth and will be beneficial for department in getting all the parks and landscapes properly maintained as well,” the candidates said. Director floriculture was not available for his comments despite repeated attempts
