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| Govt response to post-flood scenario pathetic, inhuman: Naeem Akhtar | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 14: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today lashed out at the Omar Abdullah government for being insensitive, indifferent towards the problems of the food sufferers and said the way loot, embezzlement of even relief materials is going on at the hands of the ruling party politicians is enough to suggest about their shameless mindset, dishonesty and extreme selfishness.
According to press release, "After having badly damaged the whole system during last six years and now miserably failing to respond to the tragedy the ruling party politicians are not still coming out of their age old practices of loot and dirty methods to cash in on the sufferings of the people that too after drowning them," the party Chief Spokesperson, Naeem Akhtar said while interacting with the party workers in Gogaldara, Baderkoot, Kolhama and Tomberhama in Tangmarg area of North Kashmir. He said there are reports that ministers representing constituencies where there have no flood, whisked away hundreds of truck-loads of rice and are distributing it through their sons, wards and close associates. They are presenting the government relief as personal favor or party contribution, he added.
He said the Apex Court appointed panel has categorically stated that on ground even the assessment of the damage of properties has not been completed across the state leave aside providing the people any relief.
He said the government has even failed to distribute free ration properly in most of the areas of the state and only those who have not suffered due floods are being benefited. "The government is distributing relief on the political considerations," Naeem added. The PDP Chief Spokesperson said the Omar Abdullah government has not been yet able to clear the civil secretariat, the epicenter of governance in the state, of the muck and slush resulted due to flooding leave aside making other offices and areas operational. "As more than one month has passed since the deluge struck Kashmir, the civil secretariat and other important offices in Srinagar are yet to be cleaned and made operational this shows how serious this government is with the affairs of the state," he added. In the civil secretariat neither electricity nor any communication systems or any other facility has been restored till this date.
Speaking about the loss caused by floods in Tangmarg area he said there has been tremendous loss of crops, horticulture and especially tourism and tourism related services which need to be considered for compensation.
Naeem said the complicity of this government in breakdown of age old flood control system is coming through news reports almost daily and is enough to suggest that the Omar Abdullah government is directly responsible for drowning the whole Kashmir. He said even senior minister in the state government, Taj Mohuidin has also said Standard Operations Procedure (SOP) was not followed, no beats were formed and no vigilance was maintained on the bunds which otherwise used to be a norm in the past during floods.
He said the government had not paid any attention to continuous weather warning systems which had predicted flash-floods in Kashmir and other parts of the state.
"This National Conference-led government also slept over the 2012 report by the Flood Control Department of the state which had warned of flash-floods in next five years.
They will have to do a lot of answering for this criminal negligence which resulted into unimaginable devastation of properties, infrastructure and human loss," he added.
Mohammad Abbas Wani, party's candidate for Gulmarg constituency; party leader, Prof Abdul Jabbar; Abdul Aziz Dar, Zone president and other leaders were also present on the occasion. |
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