Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: Urging upon the Lieutenant Governor, GC Murmu to convene an all party meet (APM) over COVID-19 on the analogy of Central Govt, Harsh Dev Singh, chairman JKNPP and former Minister emphasized the need for roping in different political parties for tiding over the prevalent crisis.
He said that corona pandemic is an occasion for all political parties to unite and support the initiatives of the administration in fighting the deadly virus and in preventing its spread.
“With number of cases growing with each passing day, the preventive measures needed to be more rigorously enforced,” said Singh.
Appealing the Lt Governor GC Murmu for holding such a meeting with political parties, Singh said that not only could the pubic problems and grievances be highlighted in the meet, but some genuine suggestions could also come forth from the public representatives.
“Several issues were not receiving due attention of the Govt probably due to preoccupation of the concerned authorities which had caused severe hardships for various sections of society. There were several complaints of scarcity of food grains and other eatables in several remote areas of J&K. Further there were complaints of overcharging of essential commodities. The farmers in hilly areas were facing problems in sowing maize crops due to non availability of seeds and other inputs. The denial of 4G internet services had created problems in communication besides hampering the online academic work,” Added Harsh.
He further said the paramedics and staff nurses working in GMCs had been arbitrarily terminated at a time when they were required the most, adding that the reports of duplicate sanitizers and ineffective masks being sold in the market had created an alarm amongst the masses.
“There were reports of shortage of equipments and N95 masks besides PPE in hospitals for the doctors and attendant staff. The labourers of J&K held in other states were facing acute problems of food and shelter,” observed Singh.
He expressed hope that the Lt Governor would immediately convene such a meeting in the larger interests of the people of the Union Territory, especially the poor.
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