Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: To ensure immediate relief to the victims of cross-border firing from the Pakistan side, the acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Yaqoob Mir today directed the Chairpersons of District Legal Services Authorities of Jammu, Kathua and Samba to constitute core groups for that purpose.
The groups will ensure immediate relief by Government and NGOs besides coordinating with different departments in regard to supervision of distribution of relief materials among the firing victims.
“The core groups would also supervise the construction of temporary shelters for victims at safer places, monitoring of availability of food, medicine and drinking water, supervision of restoration of cattle and chattel,” an official spokesman said.
He said the core groups would conduct legal awareness programme in relief camps, besides setting up village legal care and support center in affected areas on temporary basis for the victims.
“The groups would provide assistance for rehabilitation, care and future education of orphaned children, mitigation of problems relating insurance policies, assistance in bank loans for restarting the lost business and avocations, arrangement of Physiotherapists’ counselling for firing victims who have been subjected to physiological shock and depression on account of border firing,” he said.
The Chairpersons of DLSAs have been directed to submit a comprehensive compliance report with regard to constitution of core groups and opening of legal care and support center and measures taken for providing help to the victims of border firing.
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