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| Many risk their lives to save strangers, others loot their own in despair | | Tragedy brings out shades of (in) humanity | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Sept 14: Besides the yeoman service rendered by the Indian Army and the paramilitary forces to the victims of unprecedented floods in the Valley, the contribution made by the hundreds of young local volunteers which included students, professionals and commoners, who risked their lives to save others cannot be ignored, but there have also been reports of certain vultures on prowl at the time when humanity was under acute distress in Srinagar.
Those rescued from the Valley had contrasting stories of agony, courage, compassion and greed to narrate. A government official who managed to save his life staying on top of the roof of a private guest house told that he was alive only due to the family in the immediate neighbourhood of the place where he had taken refuge. "I was driven out of the hotel I was putting in at Gogji Bagh area as the water starting rising and left with little money, I managed to sneak onto the roof top of a private guest house, where a few other people had already taken refuge. The family in the neighbourhood kept us alive by sending few cha... | |
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| Farooq, Rahul etcetra etcetra ….!!! Who is to drown? | | | | Mishu Gupta
Jammu, Sept 14: As the Valley still remains submerged in the deluge and Modi government leaving no stone unturned to fish out the human lives, livestock and property of the victimized out of the holocaust, former Union Minister in UPA government and a familial icon of Abdullahs' hierarchy Farooq Abdullah's 27th April; 2014 rhetoric in Kashmir that 'whosoever votes for Modi should drown in the sea' does not stops echoing in hearts and minds of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
While the vale-often termed as 'heaven on earth'- grapples with the oceanic like threat to human lives, leave aside any word coming from Farooq-his whereabouts too are not traceable - since the tragedy s... | |
| | | | Desperate separatists creating hurdles in flood relief operations | | | | Dr. Simrit Kahlon
Jammu, Sept 14: In a ludicrous and pathetic effort to gain centre stage, Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik, on September 13, led a gang of unscrupulous elements and tried to derail the rescue and relief process launched by the Indian Army (Operation Megh Rahat) in aid of the flood hit regions of Kashmir.
In an inhumane act, he and his set of criminals forced ailing lady patients to get off an Army relief boat despite strong criticism of the shocking move by the women in the area. Yasin Malik told the Army patrol to leave the patients and withdraw.
On September 13, noon, two Army vehicles parked at Jahangir Bridge and offloaded rescue boats to go towards Lal Chowk on a m... | |
| | | | Rains briefly hit relief operations, another 60,000 evacuated | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 14: Relief operations in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir were briefly hampered this morning due to rains even as the Armed forces and NDRF rescued another 60,000 people trapped in flood waters in Kashmir Valley.
Over one lakh people are still marooned several days after the worst floods in the state in a century unleashed a trail of death and destruction.
Mild rainfall occurred in many parts of the Valley this morning, triggering fears about more trouble in the area which is already reeling under the devastation caused by incessant rains last week.
However, the rainfall which started at around 8.30 AM stopped within an hour.
In view of the rainfall and dens... | |
| | | | Vested interests vilification campaign abominable | | Undermining Army's role | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 14: At a time when the Army and other forces as well as the Central Government are putting in all efforts to rescue the remaining flood-affected people in different parts of the Valley and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti have been tearing into stone-pelters and other rogue elements, who are hampering the rescue and relief operations, certain vested interests in Kashmir have unleashed a vilification campaign against those doing humanitarian work. Their whole objective is to create an ill will between the people of Kashmir and the army and create an impression that the intentions of New Delhi are not pious.
For example, they are saying that... | |
| | | | Kashmiris may rise in revolt against Omar | | Demand for Governor Rule | | |
Neha
JAMMU, Sept 14: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Ministers, bureaucrats and police are under severe attack. Flood-ravaged people, young and old, men and women, are all using very strong language against them.
An old Kashmiri lady on Saturday had dismissed the Omar Abdullah government as "most callous, irresponsible and undesirable" and demanded that "Omar Abdullah must be sent to Kala Paani". "Bureaucrats should be sent to Tihar Jail," said a young angry Kashmiri the same day. He said, "They abandoned the Kashmiri people when their help was needed the most". "Dismiss the Omar government and impose Governor Rule in the state. This notorious and corrupt government has failed us. We ... | |
| | | | People's anger against local adm, demand for Guv rule gaining momentum | | | | Sandeep Bhat
Jammu, Sept 14: The anger against the civil administration is brewing day by day particularly in Kashmir region. Today is the 11th day of devastation and still civil administration is not in place and this callous attitude of the state govt is brewing anger among the local population against their own elected NC-Congress coalition govt which has failed miserably in mitigating the sufferings of the people.
Some Ministers are seen in Delhi which has added salt to their wounds.
There are still many areas in Srinagar where no help or rescue teams has reached and above all, still no proper information from Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Sopore and other areas.
Mohammad Wajid, w... | |
| | | | Attack on IAF choppers exposed those who demanded amnesty for stone pelters | | Stone pelting is part of agitation terrorism | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 14: Those demanding amnesty for stone pelters of Kashmir has been exposed when these anti-national and inhuman stone pelters, at the behest of Pakistan, had attacked rescue teams of the Army and Air Force.
There is a competition among Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and his party National Conference with other Kashmir centric parties to grant amnesty to "innocent" who have been involved in stone pelting incidents. In the just concluded Parliamentary election a resolution was passed to grant amnesty to the stone throwers. Kashmir centric parties were claiming that these stone pelters are mis-guided innocent youth but attack on the choppers of Indian Air Force... | |
| | | | After floods, burglars hit victims in Kashmir | | Many houses looted in low lying areas | | | Fazal Khan
Srinagar, Sept 14: As the water levels are receding in the flood hit areas across Kashmir, robbers and burglars are having a field day as they are breaking into the houses and are decamping with the valuables which people had left behind after water inundated their houses. Reports pouring in from different areas, including Rajbagh, Mehjoor Nagar Jawahar Nagar, Nowgam, Bemina and HMT state that people who are returning after an 8-day long ordeal to their homes are finding it hard to believe that they have been looted amidst catastrophe.
A police official while talking to Early Times said that robbers are striking at will due to many reasons. "Maximum of the thefts have been r... | |
| | | | Official record of 1947 PoK refugees may vanish if steps not taken to preserve it | | Most of record in unreadable, perishing condition but Govt unmoved | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Sept 14: It seems as if "deliberate" attempts are being made allegedly by the coalition government to eliminate identity of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) refugees of 1947 from the official records.
Most of the record of these refugees is in dilapidated condition, making it unreadable. It is perishing with each passing day but no steps are being taken to preserve it.
In reply to an RTI application No 801/302-303 filed by human right activist Om Parkash Khajuria of Miran Sahib, the office of Custodian (ex-officio Provincial Rehabilitation Officer) Jammu, has maintained that all the record of PoK refugees was in dilapidated condition, making it unable to read.
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| | | | Simmering with anti-Omar feel; flood victims mock cops, saying Govt is still alive | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Sept 14: About ten days after the devastating floods in Srinagar, the remnants of the state administration today marked their 'guest entry' in the capital city. Interestingly, wherever some officials of the administration were seen, thousands of flood-hit residents who are now living on the roads scoffed at their token appearance.
Some cops were seen moving about on the Rambagh bridge today, where the flood-victims have made their makeshift homes. On seeing the cops, the residents were seen telling each other, "Lo ji, sarkar abhi zinda hai. Omar Abdullah ke police wale kahin kahin dikh rahey hain (See, the government is still alive. Omar Abdullah's policemen are s... | |
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