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| PK delegation visits Jagti camp | | Appalled by poor sanitary condition, lack of other facilities | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 29: A delegation of Panun Kashmir today visited the newly constructed Jagti Camp at Nagrota twice recently to take stock of the facilities at the new camp and also to assess the quality of construction of new accommodations for more than 4000 families shifted from various camps located around Jammu.
For the whole fact finding delegation the experience has been appalling. Just entering the Camp exposes one to stench and foul smell from the manholes constructed for sanitary waste. Even while sitting in the parks inside the camp site one is exposed to the stench, not to speak of families living in the quarters closer to the man holes and soakage pits. At many places in the residential quarters there are sanitary leakages at sanitary pipe joints.
Water Seepages can be seen openly along the walls and roofs of the quarters at many places. Water seepage into electric fittings has on many occasions caused electric short circuits. The plasters of the walls in the quarters at many places are peeling off on slight rubbing showing the poor quality of construction material used. The pillars along the balconies at many places have shown cracks and even collapsed at a few places.
Matador service to the Camp is still inadequate. As per residents of the Camp the government has issued 50 permits for the matadors and amongst them only 10 are functional. Normal fares from Jammu to Sainik School Nagrota is Rs 8, while the fare from Indira Chowk to Jagti Camp is Rs 10 even as the distance is almost one kilometer less
Schools have insufficient furniture. Fans were installed after repeated complaints by the residents of Jagati. There is no watchman in the camp schools after the school hours and hence no protection for computers, laboratory equipment and the books in the library. Bathrooms in the schools are yet to be completed for use.
Panun Kashmir has asked a team of experts to assess the quality of construction work in the Jagati camp after comparing it with the proposal which the government had circulated before starting the work at Jagati.
Panun Kashmir urges the government to immediately intervene to look into the safety of the newly constructed quarters at the Jagati Camp, assess the nature of cracks and seepages that have appeared in the pillars, walls, roofs and other places of these quarters, and take the corrective measures. It also urges the government to look into the sanitary condition in the entire camp which if left unattended can lead to a health disaster.
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