Demands free power supply for Srinagar
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and MLA elect from Amira Kadal Syed Altaf Bukhari Tuesday urged Governor NN Vohra to “prioritize the process of relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims in Srinagar on the same lines as the welfare of displaced people from border areas of Jammu has been taken up by his office.”
In a statement, Bukhari said the September deluge has rendered thousands of families across the Srinagar City homeless and their rehabilitation in this chilly winter must be a priority for Vohra. “These homeless and displaced families who have suffered huge damage due to devastating floods were ignored to the hilt by the NC-Congress coalition and are still struggling for life and waiting for an official help,” he said.
He said now with the Governor’s rule imposed in the state, money should be no constraint for disbursement of full compensation to the flood affected families. “The flood hit families have pinned their hopes on his Excellency and same needs to be responded with immediate rehabilitative measures from his office. The primary focus of the Governor should be of providing immediate relief to the flood hit families who are facing difficult times in this winter in absence of proper shelters at their disposal,” Bukhari said.
“Now the flood affected families must be provided every sort of help including free electricity, free ration, fuel and other essential commodities so that they can move on with their lives,” he said.
The PDP leader said “Till a final call is taken on the government formation, the flood hit victims of Srinagar cannot be put in a suspended state or sidelined with any other official excuses.” “We are hopeful that the central government will not hinder in its delivery and it will act faster on its promise of complete rehabilitation of the flood victims,” he said.
“Those families who have been granted peanuts as an interim compensation and the left over families must be reached out immediately with full reimbursement without any delay. Similarly Mr Vohra must also focus and prioritize the restoration of the business establishments particularly the traders and shopkeepers in the City who have lost their business units along with their stocks in the worst floods ever,” Bukhari said.
