Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 1: Expressing immense shock over the loss of property and life, caused by the persistent heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistan on the forward villages of IB and LoC, a contingent of Panther activists staged a protest demonstration, spearheaded by Harsh Dev Singh, chairman JKNPP, here today.
The angry protestors raised anti-Pak slogans and slammed the Central as well as the State Government for their despicable apathy and gross failure to provide succour to the border residents of Jammu region as promised by both Governments.
Deeply anguished over the miserable plight of the border dwellers all along IB and LoC in Jammu region, Harsh Dev Singh expressed his resentment against the Central and State Government’s apathy for not providing any ex-gratia relief to the families and employment to next of kin of the persons killed during the terrifying shelling as promised by them. He said that Saffron leaders and Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir had been doling promises and assurances to the border residents time and again for their relief and rehabilitation but nothing tangible had been delivered so far.
He reiterated his demanded for an immediate allotment of 5 marla of land for each family at safer zones, ex-gratia of Rs 20 lakh to each of the family of the person killed in Pak firing, Rs 5 lakh each to the family of the injured and employment for the next of kin of the deceased under the provisions of SRO-43 and adequate assessment based compensation for the loss of crop and cattle stock as relief and rehabilitation measures for the affected people living in the forward hamlets.
While lambasting Pakistan for sponsoring terror and creating war like situation in the State, he exhorted the GoI to take a stringent and deterrent action against the belligerent enemy so that it could be restrained once for all from carrying out further misadventures.
Others, who spoke on the occasion, included Yashpaul Kundal, Rajesh Padgotra, Gagan Pratap, Shyam Gorkha, Nirmal Kishore, Khajoor Singh, Kewal Krishan Sharma, Rakesh Sharma, Ashok Chouhan, Anil Rakwal and Uday Veer.
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