Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 14: Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo today hailed the efforts of Army, IAF, NDRF, Police, locals and NGOs for their continuous active part in rescue and relief operations going on at war footing base in flood affected areas of the Srinagar and its adjoining areas. He also conducted the boat survey of various areas in Batwara, Lal Chowk, Rajbagh, Shivpura, Indra Nagar, Bemena and other worst flood affected areas along with local Army Commander Major General Arjun Das.
In a press statement issued here today, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo said that Omar Abdullah led Coalition Government is making all its efforts by using all its available resources for saving the lives of people and added that army, security forces, locals and NGOs played a pivotal role in saving the lives of thousands of people including foreigners, tourists, locals and people of other parts of the state like Doda, Kishtwar, Jammu, Udhampur and adjoining Districts of Srinagar. He said that the nature furry has taken heavy toll on public as well as Government property, beside claiming the lives of several people.
He said that rescue operation is still going on at war footing base in all flood affected areas. He said that in addition to the rescue operation, the thrust was laid on restoration of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway so that the supply of essential commodities could be restored. He said that the Kishtwar-Sinthan-Srinagar National Highway was fully restored upto Anantnag District, while partially upto Srinagar, added that few trucks loaded with essential commodities have been diverted on Kishtwar-Sinthan-Srinagar National Highway and some among them are expected to reach Srinagar any time.
He said that electricity supply is being restored in phased manner. He said that many parts of the Srinagar are still in between 8 to 10 feet of water and said that lot of efforts will be required for restoration of normalcy as the flood disaster is beyond the expectation and imagination of common person.
He said that the Government provided relief material to thousands of trapped people and also supplied the same to many camps run by the NGOs and local volunteer groups.
He said that the Government is accessing the situation on regular bases at Chief Minister level and said that once the rescue operation will be completed, the Government will start proper estimation of the losses suffered by the people, beside will also start the preparation and disbursement of relief among the affected peoples.
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