Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 19: Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) held an emergent meeting of its executive body and deliberated on various matters of immediate concern.
President of DSS and former Minister Th Gulchain Singh Charak chaired the meeting and urged the Government for best possible help to victims of the twin back to back cloudburst tragedies in Paddar area of Kishtwar and Kathua District in Jammu division.
Charak reminded the Government that certain areas in Jammu division have become highly prone to landslides after the cutting of hills for the new road alignments. He reiterated the request of the DSS to engage and appoint an expert body on the lines of Uttarakhand to survey the fragile hill sites along the new road alignments and identify areas like Ramban etc where cases of frequent landslides and sinking of hill soil is reported.
“There may be a requirement to shift and rehabilitate some more villages. The experts may also suggest some remedial measures of soil preservation, retention walls, and vigorous reforestation on war footing. This must be done on priority before a major tragedy happens as the situation is like a ticking time bomb and the monsoons are heavy and uncertain as a global phenomenon,” said Charak.
During the meeting, Th Gulchain Singh Charak also briefed about his recent visit to the British Parliament and his meeting with Seema Malhotra, Minister for the Legal Migration in the UK. Informing that he held meetings with the Dogra community and associations in the UK, he emphasized the need for further interaction and solidarity among Dogras settled abroad. He also proposed a meeting of all prominent Dogras representing different political, social, religious and traders’ organizations later this month to exchange views and plan for solution to various problems being faced by the local population.
Among others, the meeting was attended by Gambhir Dev Singh, G A Khwaja, Abdul Majid, Arvinder Singh Amn, Afaq U Kazmi, Brig MS Jamwal, Col Dr Virendra K Sahi, Dr Nasib Singh Manhas, Amanat Ali Shah, Mohd. Shabir, Narinder Singh Jamwal, Rashid Ahmed, Salman Khan,, Ravi Singh Slathia, Majeed Ali, Mohd Ashraf Mughal, M Naseem Malik and others.
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