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JAMMU : Expressing concern over the unmitigating disaster occurring in Jammu and Kashmir due to uncertainties and vagaries of weather, National Panther’s Party Chairman Harsh Dev Singh today lambasted the union and the state governments for their lackadaisical approach in formulating the much proclaimed and long awaited disaster management policy for the state.
He regretted that the national calamities, which have become a regular feature in the state occurring in all weathers and causing colossal damage to property, houses, business establishments, standing crops, trade and industry, water and power infrastructure, agricultural fields besides loss of precious lives have failed to elicit adequate response from the central and state government thus aggravating the woes and sufferings of the common masses of the state.
Flaying the Central government for announcing freebies and pittance in the name of relief and rehabilitation, Mr Singh castigated the BJP-led government for its failure to release the much proclaimed package of Rs 44,000 crore projected by the state government.
He said with fresh disaster causing havoc in the state miseries of the already affected people had been further compounded and required focused attention of the Centre on war footing.
“BJP-led government has not only delayed the positioning of disaster management mechanism in the state but has also doled out the most discriminatory treatment to various districts of Jammu region in the matter of relief and rehabilitation. He said that undoubtedly the unprecedents floods and natural calamities have caused huge loss in Kashmir valley, the damages in Udhampur district, Poonch and Rajouri can’t be undermined and need to be suitably compensated,” said Mr Singh.
He said NDRF and SDRF teams need to be dispatched to the affected areas of Kashmir and Jammu region in view of MeT Departments forecasts of further turbulences during the next five days.
(AGENCIES)
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