Poonch, Apr 23: Youth National Conference Provincial President and former MLA Poonch Ajaz Jan on Monday expressed anguish over the callous approach of the PDP-BJP coalition towards border victims, saying its insensitivity came to fore when a young political worker, injured in mine blast, was denied airlifting for specialized treatment in Jammu. Ajaz Jan said that one Abdul Ghani resident of Khari Karmara, a National Conference activist, sustained severe injuries when he inadvertently and accidentally stepped over a land mine in Khari Karmara area of Poonch and got severely injured. "Shifted to District Hospital Poonch with serious injuries, he was advised to be immediately rushed to GMC Jammu for which the District Administration requisitioned a helicopter", Jan said, adding that despite long wait the chopper was not sent.
He said in the wake of failure in sending the chopper for airlifting injured, the victim was operated upon in Poonch, as an emergency measure, thus putting his life to jeopardy.
He assailed the Government's policy towards border victims and said that border dwellers were feeling let down and betrayed by the insensitive coalition government.After Lashkar and Hizb militants suffered casualties in Operation All Out, Jaish militants took the front stage and carried out fidayeen attacks and IED blasts in the Valley.
The MHA report said that the Central government, in tandem with the J&K government, had adopted a multi-pronged approach to contain cross-border infiltration.
"The counter-infiltration grid has been strengthened by upgrading the border infrastructure, multi-tiered and multimodal deployment along the IB and LoC, and near the ever-changing infiltration routes, construction of border fencing, improved technological surveillance, weapons and equipment for security forces, improved intelligence and operational coordination, synergized intelligence flow and proactive action against militants within the state," it added. |
