Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 29: Expressing serious concerns over various damages caused by heavy rains and flash floods in Jammu region, K P Singh, Chairman of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Kissan Cell urged upon the government to initiate relief and rehabilitation work in favour of rains/floods affected people at a war footing.
After taking stock of the situation through personal contacts from far off places, he stated that seriousness and extent of damages to the crops, land, residential houses, live-stock, business establishments and infrastructure is massive, which is already in the know-how of the govt through media, necessitates fast remedial measures. Hence there is no need to go into an lengthy exercise of assessment as has been the practice. Instead revenue authorities along with Disaster Management Teams should immediately visit the affected areas, assess the losses on the spot and pay monetary compensation then and there so that necessary repairs and rehabilitation actions can be undertaken by the effected people themselves, he said.
He appealed the administration to reach to the public during the pandemic and earn respectability instead of expecting public to reach you, which they cannot because of Corona. Delivering administration at the door steps, which is easily doable with the resources the govt has, is the public expectation. |
