Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 11: Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Senior Congress leader GM Saroori today urged officials of Indian Air Force (IAF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for rescuing 50 people from erstwhile Doda district who were trapped in flood hit areas of Srinagar including Khalsa Hotel, Lal Chowk, Hazratbal, Armwari, Sonwar foot bridge, Shankrachariya, Batmaloo, Ravalpura, Tulsi Bagh, Azad Basti, Natipora and Raj Bagh.
“Officials of Indian Army force have assured me that they are trying their level best for rescuing all the people who were trapped in Valley and added that many people from the areas mentioned by Saroori have already been rescued and will be airlifted to Jammu soon. Besides, he said today 33 NIT students were airlifted to Delhi who included students from Thathri, Bhalessa, Bhaderwah, Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban also”, officials of IAF informed Saroori telephonically.
He has urged the IAF, NDRF, Union Government for speeding up relief and rescue operations in flood hit J&K and to increase number of helicopters so that lakhs of people stranded at their respective rooftops are rescued and shifted to safer places. He also has made an appeal to State Government for announcing 6 months free ration to the flood affected areas including Erstwhile district Doda and other parts.
Earlier, Saroori while talking telephonically with DDC Kishtwar Mohammad Javed Khan briefed him about the situation in the Inderwal constituency and said 31 number foot bridges constructed by Forest Department in different parts of his constituency including Sigdi, Kither, Chatroo, Udilgujran have been damaged. It was also decided that a team from Kishtwar to Srinagar be sent for welfare and identification of Kishtwar stranded people who were trapped there.
He has directed him to start surveying the damages caused due to flood, heavy rainfall in the area on war footing bases.
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