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| Ailing KP migrants waiting for allotment of quarters | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: Having uprooted from the valley two decades back, a roof of their own is still a distant dream for thousands of Kashmiri Pandit (KP) families living in the migrant camps as the whole process of allotment of new quarters has been marred by the allegations of nepotism and political interference.
This partiality not only has shattered the dreams of these helpless citizens of India living in exile in their own country but has also forced the older generations to ponder that whether they will be able to have their own houses at this last juncture of their life.
Serious allegations of pick and choose in the allotment process of quarters have been made by the migrants putting up at Nagrota Migrant Camp where authorities have allotted more than 300 quarters out of total nearly 500 constructed recently on the initiative of the Government of India.
Though the government has allotted the quarters to the KP migrants previously putting up at Battalballian, Udhampur and Kathua, the locals are questioning the criteria of allotment alleging mass scale political interference in entire exercise.
The extent of partiality is that even the migrants with serious ailments have been ignored in the allotment procedure.
"Here the question is not of corruption. We are also living in the inhuman conditions for the last 20 years but the way the allotments have been made have saddened us", narrated one Som Nath Bhat living in the Nagrota Migrant Camp. A native of Verinag, Bhat who has undergone open heart surgery last year was in tears for not having a quarter despite being assured for the same by the officials.
"How I am passing my days only my family knew and my God. If I had some political approach then certainly I must have been living in one of the newly constructed quarters with all the basic amenities.
Another migrant Rattan Lal, a father of three too has a same story alike to Som Nath. With both of his kidneys failed, Rattan Lal hoping for a quarter till the allotment procedure but failing to get a lodge even after the allotment of 60 percent quarters he was in a state of trauma.
"I am not sure whether I will be able to see the next Diwali or not. The expenditure on my illness is much more than that I am getting as relief. Somehow my relatives are assisting me. My children are also having the same problem and one of them is presently undergoing medical treatment for kidney failure.
But their dreams are still a dream and I am not sure whether my children will ever be play in a house of their own" he said in a pessimistic tone.
Living in a one room where water peeps through the roof during rains Rattan Lal has been depressed to such an extent that he is blaming none but to his fate alone which led him to live a miserable life in a deteriorate condition.
However, the officials of the relief organization deny the allegations and said that the process of allotment would take place soon and those whose names will figure in the list will get the accommodation. |
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