Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 28: Expressing anguish over failure of the authorities to provide relief to the rain and flood affected residents of Jammu province, Pradesh Mahila Congress president and former MLA, Indu Pawar has said that all developmental claims of the UT Government have been exposed in the recent rain.
Mahila Congress president along with some office bearers visited flood effected areas and interacted with people affected by the rain and flood. She alleged that except statements, elected representatives of Jammu have done nothing for the last five years.
Launching a direct attack on BJP leaders who claimed to develop Jammu as smart city, she regretted that Saffron Party has backstabbed people of Jammu region because all promises made were yet to be fulfilled. She said that it was failure of the BJP leadership that Jammu wore maximum brunt of flood because BJP’s elected representatives have failed to ensure development in their respective areas.
Indu Pawar demanded immediate relief, including cash assistance and free rations, to the flood and rain hit people of Jammu. She asked the authorities to depute high level teams in the affected areas to assess the losses because people have suffered huge losses.
Floods wreaked havoc in all districts of Jammu province. She expressed her anguish over loss of life and colossal damage caused to all sectors including road network, power transformers, bridges etc. She further said that water supply in many areas has been affected due to floods so there was need to restore water supply on war-footing.
Pawar expressed deep grief over the deaths due to rain related incidents and conveyed condolences to the bereaved families. She also demanded compensation in favour of the next of kin of the deceased. Senior members Vandana Sharma, Suman Choudhary, Reeta Kanojia, Ankaksha and Anita also accompanied.
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