MLAs demand expeditious disbursement of compensation to flood affected people

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: Several MLAs today called for expeditious disbursement of compensation to the floods and rains affected people and restoration of damaged infrastructure.
During the Zero Hour in Legislative Assembly, Rajiv Jasrotia, Kamal Verma, Kuldeep Raj, Farooq Andrabi, Gagan Bhagat, Mohammad Khalil Band, Yawar Ahmed Mir, Jeevan Lal, Aijaz Ahmed Mir, Mohammad Yusuf Bhat, Mushtaq Ahmed Shah and Gulzar Ahmed Wani raised the issue of crop loss and damage to public infrastructure due to recent floods and rains.
They demanded immediate restoration of infrastructure and free ration to the affected people in their respective areas.
Vikar Rasool Wani and Devender Singh Rana demanded sanctioning of AIIMS for Jammu. Ali Mohammad Sagar called for speedy completion of on-going development projects in Srinagar city. Nawang Rigzin Jora called for filling up of posts of Dental Surgeon and para-medical staff in Leh hospital.
Hakim Mohammad Yasin demanded developing Tos Maidan as a tourist spot. Mushtaq Ahmed Shah sought speedy compensation for the sufferers of landslides due to recent snowfall and rains and also sought repair of damaged electric transformers in Tral constituency.
Asgar Karbalai demanded immediate filling up of vacant post of Surgeon and creation of a post of Dental Surgeon in Kargil hospital. Syed Mohammad Baqir Rizvi demanded filling up posts of doctors and strengthening the tourist infrastructure in Zanskar area.
Sham Choudhary sought strengthening of the health Madarsa services and filling up vacant posts of para-medical staff in Suchetgarh constituency. Shamima Firdous demanded speedy de-watering of water logged areas in Habba Kadal constituency and compensation to flood victims.
Aijaz Ahmed Khan demanded speedy construction of buildings of Degree Colleges at Gool and Dharmari and filling up of vacant posts of Lecturers. He also sought introduction of additional subjects during the fresh academic session in these colleges.
Nazir Ahmed Gurezi sought restoration of special allowances for the employees posted in Gurez area. Daleep Parihar demanded immediate restoration of Batote-Kishtwar road. Advocate Bashir Ahmed Dar demanded early release of pending salary of SSA teachers. Altaf Ahmed Wani demanded upgradation of power infrastructure to overcome the low voltage problem in Pahalgam constituency.
Usman Majid sought appropriate steps to prevent entry of Wullar lake water to the nearby habitations causing damage to the property. Ravinder Raina raised the issue of Trauma Hospital at Sunderbani which was sanctioned by the previous regime, but the work on the project could not be started. He sought the intervention of the Government for taking up the project at the earliest as no such hospital is in place between Akhnoor to Sunderbani. Abid Hussain Ansari demanded an exclusive Trauma Hospital at Pattan.
Abdul Majid Bhat called for setting up a Madarsa Board in Jammu and Kashmir. Mohammad Amin Bhat sought improvement in the traffic management along National Highway especially in Qazigund area. Shah Mohammad Tantray called for devising a mechanism so that incentives under various welfare schemes/scholarships reach directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries of Gujjars/Bakerwals and other Tribes. Dina Nath demanded upgradation of tourist infrastructure, repair of damaged electric transformers and sanctioning of a Trauma Hospital in Chenani constituency.
Abdul Rahim Rather demanded ration to the families as per 2011 census. Mubarak Gul called for strengthening the Health Services in the Shehr-e-Khaas Srinagar. Anjum Fazli demanded improvement in drainage system and speedy de-watering of water logged areas in Indira Nagar area of Srinagar. Shakti Parihar demanded opening of Central University Campus at Doda, besides streamlining the functioning of University Campus already set up there, so that the PG classes are started from the current academic session.
Sat Paul Sharma called for appropriate and timely steps to deal with the drinking water problem in Jammu city during the summer months. G M Saroori, Ch Qamar Hussain and Mohammad Abbas Wani called for strengthening the health services in their areas. Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar demanded that MLAs should be allowed to spend more CDF grants on the repair of transformers.
Javed Rana demanded serious steps from the Government to promote Urdu language in the State. Dr Krishan Chander Bhagat demanded construction of a bridge over River Chenab to connect the area of Khour with Pargwal. MLA Nubra Deldan Namgial highlighted delay in the completion of Largyab-Pachathang road under PMGSY Phase-VII with a sanctioned cost of Rs.2312 lakh from last one year due to an unsettled dispute between the construction company named Avantika and the executing agency.
R S Pathania, Ch Mohammad Akram, Noor Mohammad Sheikh and Raja Manzoor Ahmed also highlighted the issues of public importance.

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