Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: Omar Abdullah led Government must take immediate measures to restore damage caused to Government properties and also release compensation to the public at large for the losses occurred due to flash floods during recent incessant heavy rains, overflow of drains and nallahs.
The demanded in this regard was raised by senior BJP leader and former Councillor Sanjay Kumar Baru.
The BJP leader today visited the different Mohallas as well as bazaar of Talab Tillo to took stock of the cleanliness drive and inspect the ongoing desilting of Nallah at Wazir Lane and Kabir Nagar.
Baru also visited the houses and shops of those, who had suffered huge losses and completed their formalities for compensation registrations.
Speaking on the occasion, the BJP leader said, “Every year during the rainy season, the people suffer losses. The district administration does work on a temporary basis by holding meetings but to resolve this, the encroachment on both sides of the nallah / drain must be removed and thereafter nallah must be constructed raising walls both the sides from Akhnoor Road via Chaman Vihar, Kabir Colony to Bagh Bain to solve this problem once for all will.”
“The DPR of this drain was also prepared but only Rs 2.5 crore was made available by the administration, due to which a part of the nallah has been constructed, for its completion it is necessary to build the whole nallah/drain in one go,” he added.
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