Avalanche deaths: Mir announces ex-gratia for each NoK of victims

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 2: Minister for Disaster Management, Relief Rehabilitation & Reconstruction, Javaid Mustafa Mir today  announced ex gratia relief of Rs 4 lakhs each in favour of the next of kin of the three persons who lost their lives in a snow avalanche in Lashkote forests of Lolab.
The bodies of Bashir Ahmed S/o Gh Rasool, Ghulam Mohd Lone S/o Ali Mohammad, Mohammed Altaf S/o Bashir Ahmed all residents of village Warnow, Lolab, were retrieved from the avalanche area after strenuous efforts by joint rescue teams of Army, Police, SDRF, Revenue and locals comprising of more than 100 personnel.
The ex- gratia relief was provided to the families of the victims under State Disaster Response Fund(SDRF)
The Minister expressed deepest condolences with the bereaved families and directed Health Department to provide best medical facilities to the two survivors. He was personally monitoring the search and rescue operation, on a day to day basis and had directed Deputy Commissioners of Bandipora and Kupwara not to discontinue the search and rescue operation till the bodies of missing persons trapped under snow were recovered.
The Minister asked Divisional Commissioner Kashmir and District Disaster Management Authorities to take note why such incident occurred when avalanche warning was already issued. He stressed on preemptive measures to prevent such incidents in the future.

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