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| LG Administration intentionally neglecting Nomads: Rattan | | |  Early Times Report
KALAKOTE, May 11: Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial President Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Jammu raised serious concern over heavy losses being suffered by nomad community due to the causalities of their livestock in unseasonal snowfall, rain and thunderstorm in the area of Pir Panjal while they were shifting their cattle and livestock to their summer shelters.
Gupta stated this while a deputation of Gujjar and Bakerwals headed by their DDC Member Kalakote Anita Thakur, Th. Yashu Vardhan Singh Incharge Sunderbani Kalakote Constituency and Additional Spokesperson Jammu and Mohd Sadiq, District President ST Cell (JKNC) Rajouri Rural who informed Gupta that nomad community suffered heavy losses of their livestock due to heavy snowfall at higher reaches of Pir Panjal area while they were shifting from their winter shelters to higher reaches of summer shelters. They regretted that the LG Administration did not bother to initiate measures for assessing their losses suffered by them in order to provide them some succour. They lamented that not even a single penny has been paid to the victims by way of ex-gratia or compensation till date.
Gupta reminded that it was only National Conference regime in the erstwhile State of J&K that laid special focus on the issues of Gujjars and Bakerwals especially the nomads. He said that NC ensured provision for multiple facilities to the nomads especially for shifting of their cattle, opening of mobile schools for their children, mobile health centres and also constructed Hostels at District headquarters for children etc for them. He said Madr-e - Meharban had worked relentlessly for the welfare of Nomad community. |
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