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PDP slams govt for its inaction at avalanche hit village
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Thursday, 13 March 2014
7:43 pm
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Srinagar: Expressing grief and
deep shock over the loss of life and property at Balseeran village in Noorabad
constituency due to the snow fury, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday condemned the insensitivity and lack of
concern displayed by the government.
The senior party
leader and deputy speaker of the legislative assembly, Mohammad Sartaj Madni
today visited the affected area, where three persons have died and more than
one dozen others got injured on Wednesday by a snow avalanche. The avalanche has also
completely damaged six residential houses in the area.
Expressing
concern over the deteriorated situation in the area, Madni said it was only
through the efforts of the locals that lives of others could be saved and,
sadly until now, no government official has turned up to help the people. He
said the snow fury has unleashed a devastation of sorts in the village and the
callousness displayed by the ruling dispensation has made life very difficult
there. He said had not the locals put in tireless and timely efforts to rescue
the trapped people, the devastation could have been much higher and the lack of
any system in place tells a sad story about the functioning of the government
in the state.
Madni said height
of cruelty is that still no relief has been given to the affected people and
they have been left at their own mercy in these harsh weather conditions. He
said the snow wrath has let loose a considerable damage to the live stock also
and the dead animals are still lying in debris of the damaged structures. “No
efforts are being made to remove those dead animals from debris and their
presence would mean more problems for the locals with the improvement in
weather conditions,” said Madni adding it is the absence of official machinery
from the ground which has complicated problems of people. He blamed that the government
is completely disconnected from the people and it is least bothered about their
issues and problems. He said most of the roads in the area are still snow bound
and the government has been solacing itself by issuing press statements, while
sitting in the cosy environs.
He said the fresh
snowfall has badly affected the horticulture industry in the entire South
Kashmir and the government should immediately make damage assessment to
compensate the farmers. Madni was accompanied by District President Nazir Ahmad
Laway and Gulzar Ahmad Dar, a local PDP leader.
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