Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Aug 28: National Conference leader and district president Ramban Haji Sajjad Shaheen today expressed concern over losses caused to infrastructure, private property and the crops due to recent incessant rains and sought immediate survey of the damages so that the affected people are compensated.
“The entire district of Ramban in general and Banihal assembly constituency in particular was hit by the rains, causing enormous sufferings to the people”, Shaheen said and added that the rain has caused a complete devastation to the standing maize crops besides damage to various houses resulting in huge loss to the people in the entire Banihal constituency.
Shaheen expressed solidarity with the rain affected families, who have suffered huge losses to their property and crops and emphasized on the concerned Government agencies to provide financial assistance to the sufferers.
The district president also sought immediate restoration of infrastructure, especially the road-network, saying the mobility of the people belonging to peripheral areas has got hugely affected. He also sought restoration of essential services like power and drinking water besides stocking adequate rations at the CAPD depots.
Shaheen said that the rain and flood hit areas of the constituency like, Khari, Trigam, Sarachi, Mahu-Mangit, Neel, Chamalwas-Chaknarwah, Pogal-Maligam, Paristan, Bingara, Chaka-Sarbagni, Amkote, Thachi, Phagow, Duligam, Sumar, Hinjhaal, Chanjlu, Thachi, Sarbagni, Chaka, Ramsoo are without electricity for last two days.
Shaheen further said that the hard toil of farmers’ stands ruined and they have nothing to look for, except assistance from the Government He hoped that the Government will rise to the occasion and come to the rescue of the farming community besides other affected people and fully compensate the losses.
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