Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Jan 5: District Development Council (DDC) member from Thuroo Constituency and Vice President of Apni Party Aijaz Ahmed Khan today demanded quick action response for snowbound areas to evict trapped people and assessment of losses suffered by the hilly areas in Jammu Division.
In a statement, Aijaz Khan said that the snowfall in the upper reaches of Reasi, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Kathua and Udhampur districts have affected normal life and many localities have been disconnected from the rest of the world. Khan said the Government should immediately activate Quick Response Teams of National Disaster Management for compensation and assessment of the losses suffered by the people in hilly areas.
He demanded that the affected families should be provided compensation, Government ration for the people in snowbound areas and fodder for their cattle if there was no road connectivity due to inclement weather conditions.
“Government should airdrop the ration for the rural population in mountainous districts”, he said, adding that the cold wave and continuous rains and snowfall in upper reaches have disrupted the normal life and the administration in respective districts should immediately take stock of the situation.
Aijaz Khan also appealed to the Government to declare the situation as national disaster and provide assistance to the people accordingly.
Khan said that Gool, Arnas and Ghulabgarh have been facing the worst kind of power crisis since last one week.
“There is no electricity in these rural areas of Reasi district and it has put normal lifeout of gear in the overall district,” he added.
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