Excelsior Correspondent
R S PURA, Sept 27: Expressing his concern over extensive loss to the standing crops due to recent floods, senior PDP leader and former Rajya Sabha member, Trilok Singh Bajwa today asked the State Government to depute team of the officers to assess the losses.
He also demanded that compensation to the affected families should be given as early as possible.
Addressing series of public meetings in Suchetgarh and R S Pura Assembly segments, Mr Bajwa regretted that incessant rains and floods have caused huge damage in this region. He said that hundreds and hundreds acres of standing crop has been washed away due to the floods and rains. “The process of assessing the losses and disbursement of compensation should be on war footing because flood affected farmers are facing hardship”, he said and also demanded that six months free ration should also be provided to the affected families. He cautioned the authorities against adopting cumbersome procedure to settle relief cases of the affected families.
While observing that huge chunk of the standing crop was washed away in the floods, Mr Bajwa demanded supply of fodder in the areas where floods have caused huge damage.
Asking the authorities to make non-functional tube-wells functional in the border belt of R S Pura, Mr Bajwa regretted that these defunct tube-wells were adding woes to the farming community because these are the only source of irrigation in many parts.
Former Rajya Sabha member also expressed his concern over failure of the authorities to repair transformers which were damaged during incessant rains and floods in this border belt.
He termed the Jammu and Kashmir Government as a “total failure” and alleged that the Coalition Government has taken only anti-people steps.
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