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| Omar Govt released Rs 200 Cr for restoration and relief: Sadhotra | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: National Conference Additional General Secretary and former minister Mr Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today visited Tawi Island area of Marh Assembly Constituency which is badly hit by the recent flash flood interacting with the affected people he launched a scathing counter to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attempt to politicise the recent natural calamities, describing its statements as opportunistic, misleading, and divorced from facts on the ground.
Reacting to uncalled for remarks of BJP, Mr Sadhotra said the BJP's attempt to malign the Omar Abdullah-led government was not only malicious but also an insult to the people who are still reeling under the devastation caused by floods, landslides, and cloudbursts.
"At a time when the entire government under the visionary leadership of Jenab Omar Abdullah and people are united in relief and rehabilitation, the BJP has chosen to indulge in divisive blame-game," he said.
Sadhotra recalled that the Omar Abdullah government had released Rs 200 crore for immediate restoration works and challenges post the Ramban and Chesoti landslides, as well as the damages caused by Operation Sindhoor. The Chief Minister himself is on tenterhooks, constantly monitoring the situation, reaching out personally to the sufferers, and ensuring that relief reached the worst-hit areas. The ministers and officials were on the ground 24x7, coordinating rescue, relief, and restoration efforts, he said, adding that the NC government did not believe in issuing statements from press rooms but in working with people at ground zero.
Taking strong exception to BJP's criticism of the collapse of the fourth bridge on river Tawi, Mr Sadhotra reminded that the bridge was constructed more than a decade ago during a non-NC regime. The BJP is shooting arrows in the dark. The fact remains that no bridge, embankment, or structure can withstand the fury of nature when floods and cloudbursts of such magnitude strike, he said.
The NC Additional General Secretary also hit back at BJP over illegal mining, saying that the party has no moral right to point fingers. The truth is that BJP has been in power both at the Centre and in J&K during the past decade. They did absolutely nothing to evolve preventive measures, strengthen embankments, or check illegal mining which has weakened riverbeds. Today's damages are in fact the direct result of BJP's criminal negligence and policy paralysis, he added.
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