 Tahir Mushtaq
Early Times Report
RAMBAN, Mar 21: 22 Families were displaced due to the continued sliding and sinking of land at Batote town after the heavy rainfall across Ramban.
Three days of heavy rainfall last week resulted in total collapse of 16 houses of sheikh mohalla in Batote town whereas four others were partially damaged resulting in displacement of 22 families residing in these 20 houses.
The houses belonging to Mangtu Sheikh,Ghulam Hussain, Mohammad. Naseem, Samdu Sheikh,Dilawar Mohammad, Altaf Hussain, Vishwa Nath Mattu, M.Yasin, M. Farooq, M. Issac, M. Naseem, M. Shabir, Mohammad Lateef, Shakil Ahmed, Zaiba Begum and Mohd.Yousuf have been razed. While the houses of Roshan Lal Mattu, Nirmal Kour, M. Rafiq and Mohd. Lateef have been partially damaged.
Taking the stock of the situation, district administration has provided 15 tents and 75 blankets besides ensuring to supply one month free ration to these families.
Owing the ongoing sinking of land more than one kilometer of 11KV transmission line also got damaged after which some area of Batote including Tringla, Amar Cheshma, Ladhwal, Khotri, Barthal and Bhandera were without electricity from Saturday night which will take some more days to restore.
District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bashir Ahmed Dar while offering every possible help to the sufferer, asked them to hire houses on rent, which will be paid by the administration.
While Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ramban, Neelam Kumar Langeh visited the spot and asked the administration to allot 10 marlas land free to each family and asked Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Pawan Kotwal to rehabilitate them in Jammu Kashmir Tourist Development Corporation (JKTDC) huts for the meantime. |
