Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 29: Former Minister and President DCC Kathua, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma today wrote a letter to Lieutenant Governor J&K to apprise him about the conditions of people from J&K who are stuck outside in other states and waiting in the wings for their return.
He said thousands of J&K residents, including students and labourers, have been stranded across the country in view of lockdown following Coronavirus threat and several others are struck in guest houses or hotels and have run out of money to pay their costs.
“This lockdown is beginning to have a detrimental effect on such fellow citizens,” he said.
Dr Sharma urged the administration to take up the issue with Governments of other States as number of stranded people include students, workers in small trading activities and their families, who are helplessly waiting at different locations for some mode of transportation to reach at their homes.
He said when so many people were stranded abroad, we sent aircraft to get them back as everyone wants to stay with their families during such times of crisis so why not such facility be arranged for locals stranded within the country while taking proper care and preventive measures, adding that all political parties must unite in helping such people in distress.
He said the family members of such people will be pleased if the stranded people are evacuated at an earnest.
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