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| No takers for sufferings of farming class, poor labourers: Harsh Dev | | NPP protests against Govt’s neglect of rural areas during corona pandemic | | 
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 18: Despite corona swiftly shifting to rural areas, the govt had miserably failed to provide the much needed infrastructure in the vast hinterland of J&K which inhabited 3/4th of the population. Several deaths occurring in remote areas, reportedly due to ‘fever’ and ‘chest diseases’ had stoked fears that corona was raging unseen in the villages with a hapless administration failing to deal with the grim situation. The rural areas suffered neglect not only in the health sector but were the worst victims of mal-governance of the current regime”. This was stated by Harsh Dev Singh, Chairman-JKNPP and former minister. He was sitting on dharna today against alleged neglect of rural areas by the present govt.
Dwelling over the plight of poor rural folk during corona distress, Singh divulged that the recent hailstorm had further added to their woes in view of complete damage of standing crops suffered in several villages. Even the ration meant for poor villagers was being sold in black market. An environment of pain, anger, frustration prevailed on the rural turfs which were facing denial of not only basic amenities and ration but of essential drugs as well. There was hardly any corona testing or helpline centres in the rural and remote areas with the panic stricken people simply being cautioned by the administration to stay indoors.
Singh asserted that not only had the workforce suffered adversity due to the ongoing pandemic but their woes stood compounded by the sharp rise in the prices of essential commodities including pulses, vegetables and other articles of daily use. The raging inflation during the current crisis had posed the most menacing threats to the very survival of the marginalized sections with the little savings whatsoever of the majority of rural poor having been exhausted during the last one year. There were reports of several households having cut down their food intake to cope with the situation arising due to loss of livelihood and damage to crops.
Calling upon the helmsmen to come to the succour of the poor and marginalized population of the country and J&K in particular, Singh said that huge funds raised under PM’s Cares Fund needed to be utilized to save the vulnerable sections from starvation and other adverse fallouts of the deadly pandemic.
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