Ramnagar/Majalta– Mr. Ranbir Singh Pathania, Spokesperson, J & K BJP, while touring riff-raff area of Ramnagar area, taking stock of the people’s issues as well as ground-situation and addressing meetings at Dak Bungalow, Ramnagar, Dehma (Majalta) has called for immediate restoration of damages caused due to incessant rains. A crisis-like situation has been prevailing in areas of Ramnagar, Majalta, Dudu-Basantgarh and scores of villages where incessant rains accompanied with snowfall have caused whopping losses to person and property has been caused. Houses have collapsed. Almost every link road has been either damaged or closed and road-traffic has been suspended on major roads of the area. Power and fresh drinking water supply have been suspended. Villages have been in total dark since past five days. Given the situation in view of unprecedented rainfall/snowfall in areas of Ramnagar, Majalta and other parts of Udhampur, Chenani, Ghordi and Panchari, and the absence of government touch over here, threats of a starvation and epidemic break-out are looming large. And the shortage of essential commodities like LPG, kerosene, household articles and power and clean drinking water may bloom up into a calamity for the people putting up over here. Also, the administration has done nothing to unfold the process for assessing the losses suffered by people on account of snowfall over here.
Mr. Pathania while making a fervent appeal to Lt. Governor has sought unfolding of immediate crash measures so as to restore power, drinking water, ration supplies and spur up human and animal healthcare facilities in the area so that the miseries and hardships of the people over here could be curtailed. He also sought prompt steps for restoring/opening up of roads in the area. PDD & PHE authorities should take on war-footing the work of early restoration of supply lines in Urban as well as rural areas.
Health and Animal/Sheep Husbandry Deptts were directed to organize camps and create awareness about various diseases that occur during this season so that losses to human and animal lives can be prevented.
He called for formulation of a comprehensive safety action plan as every year State looses precious lives and properties due to floods and snowfall. Despite affirmative action from the government, a massive civilian initiative is needed to tackle the ugly fixes every year.
Mr Pathania was accompanied with Kuldip Singh, District General Secretary BJP Udhampur, Kuldip Sharma, Mohinder Singh and Suram Chand (Mandal presidents) Mr. Rakesh Chander Sharma (DDC Ghordi), Mr. Mool Raj Bhagat (DDC Ramnagar-I), Mrs. Juhi Manhas(DDC Khoon), Mr. Amit Sharma(DDC Majalta), Mrs Pinkey Devi (DDC Latti Marothi), Mr. Jattu Ram(DDC Ramnagar-II), Mr. Prikshit Singh (DDC Jaganoo) and Mr. Subash Chander (DDC Narsoo) and a wide galaxy of local leaders, sarpanches, panches of the area.
